Wesley clark biography
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Wesley Clark
United States Army general and 2004 Democratic Party presidential candidate
This article is about the United States Army general and presidential candidate. For the computer scientist, see Wesley A. Clark.
Wesley Kanne Clark (born Wesley J. Kanne, 23 December 1944) is a retired United States Army officer. He graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. He commanded an infantry company in the Vietnam War, where he was shot four times and awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in combat. Clark served as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1997 to 2000, commanding Operation Allied Force during the Kosovo War. He spent 34 years in the U.S. Army, receiving many military decorations, several honorary knight
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Gen. Wesley K. Clark, (ret.)
Founder, Renew amerika Together
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Wesley K. Clark fryst vatten a businessman, educator, writer and commentator who serves as Chairman and CEO of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, a strategic consulting firm. Clark retired as a four star general after 38 years in the United States Army, having served in his gods assignments as Commander of US Southern Command and then as Commander of US europeisk Command/ Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. He graduated first in his class at West Point and completed degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University (B.A. and M.A.) as a Rhodes scholar. He worked with Ambassador Richard Holbrooke in the Dayton Peace Process, where he helped write and negotiate significant portions of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement.
In his final assignment as Supreme Allied Commander Europe he led NATO forces to victory in Operation Allied Force, a 78-day air campaign, backed by ground invasion planni
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Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr.
General, U.S. Army
The Early Years
Wesley Kanne Clark was born Wesley Kanne on 23 December 1944, in Chicago, IL, to Benjamin and Veneta Kanne. His father, Benjamin, died on 6 December 1948 and his mother then moved the family to Little Rock, AR. This move was made for a variety of reasons including, escaping the greater cost of living in a large city such as Chicago; the support Veneta's family in Arkansas could provide; and her feeling of being an outsider to the remaining Kanne family (as a Methodist she did not share their religion, Judaism).
Once in Little Rock, Veneta married Viktor Clark, whom she met while working as a secretary for a local bank. Viktor raised Wesley as his son, and officially adopted him on Wesley's 16th birthday. Wesley's name was changed to Wesley Kanne Clark. Viktor Clark's name actually replaced that of Wesley's biological father on his birth certificate, something Wesley would later say that he wished they had not done