What I learned in the military is that gossip starts early and it stays forever.

Yes we were still on track for going against Iraq he said. Milošević's term in office in Yugoslavia was coming to an end and the elections that came on September 24 2000 were protested due to allegations of fraud and rigged elections. Clark was repeatedly portrayed as unsure on this critical issue by his opponents throughout the primary season being forced to continue to clarify his position such as at the second primary debate when he said "I think it's really embarrassing that a group of candidates up here are working on changing the leadership in this country and can't get their own story straight.

Clark was considered a potential candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2008 but on September 15 2007 endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton. Clark commanded Operation Allied Force in the Kosovo War during his term as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1997 to 2000. Graduating as valedictorian of the vaunted class of 1966 at West Point he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy Politics and Economics and later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science.