Ames was arrested in early 1994. Wikipedia says Plame met Wilson in early '95 or '97. They married in April of '98. Since Wikipedia isn't specific as to when they first met, it's hard to say when she was recalled, but Wikipedia says they met at a convention in Washington while working for Bill Clinton. Now it doesn't say who was working for Bill Clinton. Wilson or his wife? Or both? If she was in Washington in early '95, does that mean she had already been recalled home because of the Ames affair? According to Wikipedia, Joe Wilson was in Stuttgart, Germany from '95 through '97, and then returned to Washington work for Bill Clinton from '97 to '98.
Since her and Wilson married in April of '98, and she had twins in January of 2000, and wasn't outed until July of 2003, that's a time period of slightly over 6 years. I can't see her marrying Wilson in '98 and still being overseas as a covert agent, especially since Wilson was working for Clinton during that time.
He had met Plame in February 1997 at a reception at the Washington home of the Turkish ambassador. Wilson was based in Stuttgart, serving as the political adviser to George Joulwan, the U.S. general in charge of the European command; Plame was based in Brussels. Meeting in Paris, London, and Brussels, they got very serious very quickly. On the third or fourth date, he says, they were in the middle of a "heavy make-out" session when she said she had something to tell him. She was very conflicted and very nervous, thinking of everything that had gone into getting her to that point, such as money and training. She was, she explained, undercover in the C.I.A. "It did nothing to dampen my ardor," he says. "My only question was: Is your name really Valerie?" This is from the Vanity Fair article. Joe Wilson and Valerie both came back to the States in 1997. It was reported in THE NYT that she was recalled because it was feared Aldrich Ames may have outed her in 1994 to the Russians. Funny it took 3 years to discover this. Ever notice the discrepancies in their time line when they relate their story?!! Ironically, this fear became known at the time Wilson was coming back to the States!! They were allegedly living together until his divorce became final in 1998, and they married in 1998.
Valerie Plame outed herself when she told the Blowhard Joe Wilson she was undercover! She should have been terminated at that time IMO.