Background

• Wesly Clark was born Wesley Kanne in Chicago. His father died soon after and he moved to Little Rock, Arkansas with his mother. He was adopted by his mother's second husband when he turned 16 and assumed the name Wesley Kanne Clark.
• Clark attended the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York and graduated as valedictorian and was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford and graduated with degrees on Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
• He rose through the ranks in the Army and would eventually become head of the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) who'se area of responsibility covers the Caribbean, Latin (excluding Mexico) and South America. His last post was acting as the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe who led NATO forces in the bombing campaign in Kosovo during the Balkan Wars in the late 1990's.

Professional Positions

• Director for strategic plans and policy of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1994. He was instrumental in the development of an innovated strategy for exiting Haiti.

Non-Profit Involvement

• VoteVets, Advisory Board
• Democrats Work, National Advisory Board
• Project H.E.R.O., Campaign Chairperson
• Center for Strategic and International Studies, Distinguished Senior Adviser
• Center for American Progress, Trustee
• International Crisis Group, Board Member
• City Year Little Rock, Board Chair
• United States Institute of Peace, United Nations Task Force Member
• General Accountability Office, Advisory Board Member

Accomplishments

• Presidential Medal of Freedom
• The State Department Distinguished Service Award
• US Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal (5)
• The US Army Distinguished Service Medal (2)
• The Silver Star
• The Bronze Star (2)
• The Purple Heart
• Honorary Knighthoods from the British and Dutch governments

Criticism

Additional Information

Biography Links

• WesPAC
• Wes Clark @ MySpace
• Wes Clark @ Facebook
• Wes Clark @ YouTube