Obama to General Wesley Clark: Your Services Not Needed (Steve Clemons, HuffPo)

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/obama-to-general-wesley-c_b_119345.html

Steve Clemons

Posted August 16, 2008 | 02:11 PM (EST)

General Wesley Clark is not attending the Democratic National Convention. I was told by General Clark's personal office in Little Rock as well as by the director of WesPAC that he would not be attending.

Clark was informed by Barack Obama's people that there was "no reason to come."

General Clark has been given no role of any kind at the convention.

Rubbing salt in the wound even more, the "theme" of Wednesday's Democratic convention agenda is "Securing America."

Wesley Clark's PAC also happens to be called SECURING AMERICA.

This is a mistake in my view. There are a lot of perspectives and competing agendas about how to direct America's next national security posture -- and General Wesley Clark should be one of the top tier names and personalities at the table.

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