But I will give you a few leads and maybe you can connect the dots yourself. No point in going over that Clark led N.A.T.O. at a time of war and met regularly with Heads of State in Europe, (and was given Head of State status in his position). You already knew that, right?
I'm going to throw some links at you, pulling them from here and there as I find them doing a minimum search. This is not comprehensive by any means nor even chronilogical, but it may give you some clues:
5/16/07 - Keynote Speaker: "Legitimacy – First Task for America’s Security”, Washington, DC @ 9AM ET
Start: May 16 2007 - 9:00am
End: May 16 2007 - 10:30am
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The SAIS Center on Politics & Foreign Relations, the Financial Times, and The JHU Center for the Study of American Government
Invite you to a discussion on “Legitimacy – First Task for America’s Security” featuring Keynote Speaker General Wesley Clark
With Robert Guttman Director, CPFR and Ed Luce, Washington Bureau Chief, Financial Times
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Space is limited. Please RSVP by telephone at 202-587-3237 or by email at cpfr@jhu.edu. If you e-mail please put RSVP May 16,, 2007 in the subject line.
Location:
The Paul N. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 2
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"Programme and speaker list unveiled for ASF 2006
The Organising Committee of the 4th Arab Strategy Forum (ASF), which will bring together over 600 global leaders to discuss key issues impacting the Arab world, today unveiled the programme and speaker list for this year's edition, which runs in Dubai from 4-6 December.
The impressive speaker list, which boasts a line up of 114 regional and international leaders from the government, business, political and media sectors, underpins the importance of the ASF as a holistic forum for the strategic development of the Arab world.
Nabil Al Yousuf, Vice-Chairman, ASF Organising Committee, said: 'We have assimilated top-tier decision makers, thought leaders and industry captains from the Arab world and beyond, to bring diverse perspectives to the table. The level of participants and speakers is a clear indication of how this event is viewed as an important forum for addressing some of the most challenging issues facing the Arab world today.'
Being led by seven Co-Chairs, which include personalities such as Dr. Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer of Google, and H.E. Dr. Youssef Boutros Ghali, Egyptian Minister of Finance, the speaker list is the largest to date.
Distinguished government leaders speaking at the event include Ahmed Nazaf, Prime Minister, Egypt; Sheikha Haya bint Rashid Al Khalifa, President, UN General Assembly, United Nations, New York; Lakhdar Brahimi, Former Special Advisor to the Secretary-General, United Nations, New York; Saad Hariri, Majority Leader in Lebanese Parliament and Head of Future Movement; and General Wesley Clark, Former NATO Commander.
More than 30 industry leaders from the global business community will also address the event..."
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"Date: September 18, 2006
Contact: Judy Lin ( jlin@support.ucla.edu )
Phone: 310-825-8523
Gen. Wesley Clark to Join UCLA Burkle Center
Gen. Wesley K. Clark, former supreme allied commander of NATO, will join the Burkle Center for International Relations in UCLA's International Institute this fall as a senior fellow. Clark will teach seminars, publish papers through the Burkle Center and host an annual conference on national security.
"Gen. Clark's involvement with the campus will add a unique and valuable dimension to the Burkle Center's exploration of the contemporary world and the role of the United States in global security and military, political, social and economic affairs," said Patricia O'Brien, executive dean of UCLA's College of Letters and Science, of which the Burkle Center and International Institute are part. "I am especially pleased that our students at UCLA will benefit from Gen. Clark's extraordinary experience, as well as his dynamic leadership and teaching credentials."
Clark's 40 years of military leadership, teaching, research and executive management in federal government ultimately led to his service as NATO's commander during the 1999 Kosovo conflict, for which he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Clark retired as one of the nation's most highly decorated military officers since Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The Burkle Center's work includes research, teaching and public outreach and service on the contemporary world. The International Institute is committed to the education of global citizens through its degree programs; the people-to-people linkages it fosters among students, scholars and citizens around the globe, and its commitment to helping people everywhere become lifelong learners about their world.
"Wes Clark brings incisive and visionary analysis to questions of economic and security policy, particularly as they relate to future U.S. relations with Asia and Latin America," said professor Ronald Rogowski, interim vice-provost for international studies, dean of the International Institute and director of the Burkle Center. "All of us at the Burkle Center and the larger International Institute look forward to working with him."
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Clinton Global Initiative: General Clark's Statement on Climate Change
Clinton Global Initiative
"Promoting Prosperity with Climate Change Policy"
Climate Change Policy in the United States
Video received July 10, 2006
(Transcript begins after introduction of panel)
PRESIDENT JOSÉ MARÍA FIGUERES: General Clark, your leadership is widely recognized in many, many fields, and of course one in which you are an absolute expert is in the field of national security. What are the linkages between climate change and national security? And if we were to continue on the course on which we now are, what would be the unintended consequences in terms of a national security policy?
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Well, thank you very much for the question, President Figueres. Let me just say how pleased I am to be here in this group and on this panel, especially with Senator Clinton. We go back to the 1980s in talking about the Mediterranean Basin. And I remember ecological discussions there...
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"Business Wire 3/30/06
http://tinyurl.com/zb9ht World Decision Makers Tackle Toughest Policy Issues at Milken Institute Global Conference
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2006--What do the president of the Czech Republic, an astronaut, the head of Disney, a network anchor, the Tour de France winner, a leading futurist, half a dozen Nobel laureates, the FDA chief and a former NATO commander have in common? They're among 325 movers and shakers who will thrash out the world's biggest challenges as panelists at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles next month.
An annual gathering, held this year at the Beverly Hilton April 24-26, the Global Conference is unlike the typical gathering of VIPs. The trade publication Conferenza described it this way in a 2005 report:
"Like the World Economic Forum at Davos, it was impossible to walk away from the Global Conference without a better understanding of the problems plaguing our world. Unlike Davos, however, there was a strong focus at the event on actually trying to come up with ways that many of these problems can be solved ... The Global Conference is today a must-attend event."
This three-day gathering provides unparalleled access to senior leaders from business, finance, government, education, health care and the news media, who meet to discuss, debate and find solutions to some of the world's most pressing policy challenges.
This year's lineup of panelists includes:
-- Lance Armstrong, seven-time winner of the Tour de France
-- Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group
-- Peter Chernin, President and Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation
-- Wesley Clark, General (ret.), U.S. Army, and former NATO Commander
-- Joe Hogan, Senior Vice President and CEO of GE Healthcare
-- Robert Iger, President and CEO of The Walt Disney Company
-- Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic
-- Jonathan Miller, Chairman and CEO of America Online, Inc.
-- Rod Paige, former U.S. Secretary of Education
-- Boone Pickens, entrepreneur and philanthropist
-- Sally Ride, former astronaut and President and CEO of Sally Ride Science
-- David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Manager Director of The Carlyle Group
-- Andrew von Eschenbach, Acting Commissioner of the FDA
-- And several Nobel laureates"
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International Awards and Honors
General Wesley Clark: International Awards and Honors
General Wesley K. Clark retired as one of the nation's most highly decorated military officers since General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
His leadership experiences have taken him from Vietnam to Latin America and ultimately to the position of NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, where he led a unified force to victory in NATO's first major combat action. Clark commanded all NATO forces to success in the important Kosovo conflict, saving 1.5 million Albanians from ethnic cleansing without a single Allied casualty.
In addition to his numerous military and civilian honors and awards, Clark received more than 20 major awards from foreign governments, including honorary knighthoods from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands as well as the title of Commander of the Legion of Honor from France.
Scroll through the pages below or click one of the country names below to view details. Click here for a printable list.
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Call to check uncontrolled immigration, say delegatesPublished: Friday, 14 April, 2006, 10:58 AM Doha Time
Staff Reporter
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=81873&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16"Speakers at a session on “The age of great immigrations” held as part of the sixth Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade” yesterday made a call to explore immediate ways to check uncontrolled immigration from certain parts of the world, notably in North Africa, to some European countries, especially France.
Initiating discussions, Yazid Sabeg, chgairman and general director of communications and systems `in France suggested imparting education among younger generation of immigrants about the problems a migrant likely to encounter in new situations, encourage the development of countries from where emigrants come from and thus trying to reduce the immigration to the maximum, if not to the “zero” level, as he called...
...Talking later, Wesley Clark, of USA recalled that while in 1950, there were only 75 million migrants, now the number is risen to 200 million. “While it is a brain drain for the countries of emigrants, it is a brain-gain for those who receive immigrants,” he said.
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General Wes Clark will be speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations 2/10/06
Start: Feb 10 2006 - 8:00am
End: Feb 10 2006 - 5:00pm
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General Wes Clark will be speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations Friday, February 10, 2006.
Times to be announced.
Please check back here for updates or go to:
http://www.cfr.org Location:
Council on Foreign Relations, Washington D.C
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Qatar conference discusses NATO cooperation with Broader Middle East
/noticias.info/ A high-level conference in Doha on 1 December brought together top NATO officials, civil society representatives and officials from the six Gulf States party to the Alliance’s Istanbul Cooperation Initiative.
The Secretary General of NATO, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the Crown Prince and Heir Apparent of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, The Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar, His Highness Sheik Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabr Al-Thani, opened the conference on NATO and Gulf Security, co-sponsored by the Government of Qatar, the NATO's Public Diplomacy Division and the RAND Corporation.
Exploring avenues for cooperation
The discussions focused on security developments in the Gulf region and the way forward for NATO’s Istanbul Cooperation Initiative with countries in the broader Middle East region.
Other distinguished speakers included: the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council , Abdurrahman bin Hamad Al Al-Attiyah, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Jean Fournet, the Assistant Foreign Minister of Qatar , Mohammed Abdullah Al-Rumaini, former NATO Supreme Allied Commader Europe General Wesley K. Clark.
This was the first visit by a Secretary General of NATO to Quatar. In addtion to the conference, Mr. De Hoop Scheffer met for talks with the Heir Apparent, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs as well as the Chief Head of Defence, Lt-Gen Hamad Bin Ali Al-Attiah.
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General Clark is speaking at The Brookings Institution today
"SEMINAR ON U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY ISSUES"
WASHINGTON, D.C.
DECEMBER 14, 2005
Topic: "U.S. National Security Strategy"
11:15 – 12:15 p.m. (EST) A U.S. National Security Strategy
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"UPI 9/6/05
http://about.upi.com/products/perspectives/UPI-20050906-052721-6898R Fallujah and New Orleans, new twin towns
By MARTIN WALKER
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- It was pure happenstance that the first big bi-partisan conference in Washington on terrorism and U.S. security policies, timed for the 4th anniversary of the original Sept. 11 attacks, should have coincided with the devastation of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina...
...Clark was one of the stars of the conference, titled 'Terrorism, Security and America's Purpose,' which attracted over 1,000 people in downtown Washington Tuesday.
It was organized by the New America Foundation as a bi-partisan event that brought former Attorney General John Ashcroft and Republican Sen. Chuck Hegel together with senior Democrats like Sen. Biden and senior security and anti-terrorism officials. Also participating were public intellectuals like Francis Fukuyama, to consider a more coherent U.S. strategy."
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In the Event of a Crisis, the U.S. Will Independently Evacuate Americans in Korea
SEPTEMBER 08, 2005 07:28
by Jung-Ahn Kim Young-A Soh (credo@donga.com sya@donga.com)
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=050000&biid=2005090871988Several high ranking officials from the U.S. Defense Department and the State Department participated in the recent Ulji-Focus Lens, a joint military drill of South Korea and the U.S., and actively discussed rescue and relief operations in the event of a crisis on the Korean peninsula.
They reportedly reviewed an independent evacuation plan for Americans residing in Korea, which now attracts much attention to its background.
The attending officials to visit South Korea for the drill (Aug 22-Sep 2) include 10 experts from the U.S. Defense Department and the State Department, including Wesley Clark, the former NATO Commander, according to a source on September 7.
In particular, relief experts from the U.S. Defense Department held an intensive meeting with South Korea on matters related to rescue and relief operations in the event of a crisis on the Korean peninsula and also were known to have mentioned an independent evacuation plan for Americans living on the peninsula.
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