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Wesley Kanne Clark is a retired four-star general of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian of his class at West Point, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford, and later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the Army and the Department of Defense, receiving many military decorations, several honorary knighthoods, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Biography: "Wes" Clark was born in December 23, 1944, in Chicago.
Education: He graduated from Hall High School with a National Merit Scholarship. United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at the University of Oxford.
Profession: Retired 4-star general of the US Army.
Political career: Clark joined the 2004 race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination as a drafted candidate on September 17, 2003. He withdrew from the primary race on February 11, 2004 in favor of campaigning for the eventual Democratic nominee, John Kerry.
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