General Wesley K. Clark Endorses U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Health, and Iraq Accountability Act March 14, 2007
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General Wesley K. Clark Endorses U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Health, and Iraq Accountability Act
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 5:25 PM
Washington, D.C. – Retired General and Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley K. Clark today endorsed the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Health, and Iraq Accountability Act and issued the following statement:
“House Democrats have offered a responsible approach that protects our Armed Forces, the troops and their families, and encourages both the Iraqis and the Bush Administration to work more effectively to salvage some success in ending what has been a tragically mistaken and failing mission. This conflict must be resolved politically – military efforts alone are insufficient – and this legislation strongly promotes that political solution. This legislation is the product of the kind of responsible legislative leadership that the American people voted for in 2006, and I wholeheartedly support this bill.”
Democrats Work January 12, 2007
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Hamilton vet gets visit from Gen. Clark in quest to make home livable March 22, 2006
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HAMILTON — A local veteran was visited by retired General Wesley Clark Tuesday as the Hamilton man came one step closer to getting much-needed upgrades to his home.
The home of Shelby Bowling, a 69-year-old Cleveland Avenue resident, will be one of the first two pilot sites across the nation to be part of Project H.E.R.O. — Homes Eliminated of Restrictions and Obstacles.
The program is a joint venture among the International Code Council Foundation, Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Disabled American Veterans.
A Vietnam veteran, Bowling suffers from diabetes and is limited to the first floor of his two-story home. He uses a motorized wheelchair to move through his house.
Plans for Project H.E.R.O. include a $75,000 to $80,000 addition with a wheelchair-accessible entrance and a bedroom and bathroom on Bowling’s first floor.
Bowling was visited by Clark, a retired four-star general and former presidential candidate, Tuesday along with members of a local team working to redesign his house.
“I just want to thank all of you for doing so much for me,” said Bowling, just before tearing up. “I’m so overwhelmed, it’s hard to talk.”
Clark praised the ICC for the undertaking.
“These veterans who have served our country, some of them were injured in battle, …some of them have disabilities that build up overtime, but it doesn’t matter what the case is, they all deserve our gratitude and our support,” Clark said. “We’ve got millions of veterans in America that have done tremendous things for their country, and they’ve gone onto lead other lives, …but they put their country first when the country called and we can never forget that.”
Clinton praises youth service, addresses business community November 17, 2004
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City Year is a national community service program in which people ages 17 to 24 get a chance to be teachers, mentors and leaders to schoolchildren. The 40 volunteers will be spending the coming year working at several schools in the Little Rock School District.
The program started 16 years ago in Boston and was the inspiration for Clinton’s AmeriCorps citizen service program during his first term in office.
More than 330,000 youth have participated in City Year – 75,000 this year. Along with Little Rock, there are City Year programs in 14 other cities and a program is to begin next year in Johannesburg, South Africa.
“We should be doing this in every other place in the world that is divided,” Clinton told a crowd of more than 300, including many students. “The world is being torn asunder and terrorism is being fueled by people who say that our differences are more important than our common humanity.”
He went on to say he was tired of seeing maps dividing the country into blue states and red states and he hopes City Year will bring people in the United States and abroad together.
“We have to make a make a world with more partners and fewer enemies,” he said. “That’s what City Year, that’s what AmeriCorps is all about, more important than our common humanity.”
Clinton was welcomed at the podium by two City Year volunteers, Julie Wolf of Massachusetts, and Eddie Yates of Little Rock, a graduate of Central High.
Also attending the event was retired Gen. Wesley Clark of Little Rock, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination this year. Clark, who later was active in John Kerry’s presidential campaign, was the former NATO supreme commander during the 1999 bombing of Kosovo and peacekeeping efforts afterward.
The former president praised Clark for his years of military service.
“I have rarely met any person whom I regard more highly and whom I thought loved our country more or served it better,” Clinton said about Clark.
Clark said City Year is a way for people to get involved in the current world situation.
“We’re at war abroad. We’re facing a threat we’re not really able to pin down and go after. We’ve got men and women from our community serving in uniform abroad and so many people are asking what can they do to help.
“Well, I think the answer is right here,” Clark said, pointing to the 40 City Year Corps members. “And you, can see in these fine men and women in the red jackets. This is public service, this is helping America.”
