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Some voters look at retired four-star Gen. Wesley Clark and see the best candidate to keep the country safe. But others view him as light on the details of where he wants to take the country. These were among the impressions to emerge Friday during Clark’s meeting with nearly 200 area voters at Rivier College’s Dion Center. Clark highlighted his leadership experience and relied on three former colleagues and friends to tell a part of Clark’s life story, from an Army barracks in Texas to the halls of the United Nations. “He’s a man of service, committed to the best...

Cargo cult From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The term cargo cult is a reference to aboriginal religions that grew up in the South Pacific, especially New Guinea and Micronesian islanders, in the years during and after World War II. There was no one Cargo Cult so this proper name is a misnomer - no one who participated in a cargo cult actually knew that they were doing so. The vast amounts of war materiel that were air-dropped into these islands during the Pacific campaign against the Empire of Japan necessarily meant drastic changes to the lifestyle of these islanders as...

<p>WASHINGTON — The White House pressured CNN to fire former military analyst Gen. Wesley Clark (search), the retired Army chief told a Phoenix radio station on Monday.</p> <p>"The White House actually back in February apparently tried to get me knocked off CNN and they wanted to do this because they were afraid that I would raise issues with their conduct of the war," Clark told Newsradio 620 KTAR. "Apparently they called CNN. I don't have all the proof on this because they didn't call me. I've only heard rumors about it."</p>