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Sandy Berger: Bush 'Breaking' the Military Disgraced former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger is blasting President Bush for undermining U.S. defenses by "breaking" the military. A just-released report co-authored by Berger and several other top Clinton administration officials complains: "We believe that the Bush administration has broken faith with the American soldier and Marine." According to the web site ISN Security Watch, the report by Berger & Co. contends that the Bush administration's poor planning ahead of the Iraq war, a shortage of troops and not enough equipment or protection for troops could result in "breaking the force." The disgraced...

Wes Clark won a war, but ran afoul of his Pentagon masters and lost his job. (snip)Gen. Hugh Shelton, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that Clark had been sacked as commander of NATO forces after the 1999 Balkans war because of "integrity and character issues." (snip)What really happened? According to a knowledgeable source, Clark ran afoul of Cohen and Shelton by being less than totally forthcoming in morning conference calls during the Kosovo war in the spring of 1999. From his NATO headquarters in Brussels, Clark wanted to wage the war more aggressively, but back...

Top Democrats say former NATO Commander General Wesley Clark has expressed interest in running for President of the United States in the 2004 Democratic Primary Season and the American Federation of Labor's Political Chairman says he expects General Clark to announce that he is in the Democrat race in three weeks.But Clark restated his position Wednesday that he has nothing planned.The Arkansas businessman and military affairs commentator for the Cable News Network said of the latest prediction, [of his impending three week deadline for a Presidential announcement] 'There's no truth to it.' 'I am not a member of a political...

The ABC News Political Unit has been told that Retired General Wesley Clark plans to lunch [discussing Presidential ambitions up or down] with Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe today at the Army-Navy Club (Sure, CNN/FOX/MSNBC you can stake it out.) And said to be still mulling it over Senator Bob Graham of Florida is expected to swing by 'the Mack man's' office in the afternoon. The Note has also head from several luminaries including several powerful Iowa labor activists, that Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio is on the verge of announcing his candidacy for President as well Or that...