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Clark sings Kerry's praises

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Retired general Wesley Clark Friday went to Wisconsin to endorse Sen. John Kerry, the man who kept beating him in the Democratic presidential race.

The former NATO Supreme Commander dropped out of the primary campaign this week and lost no time in throwing his weight behind the Massachusetts senator who won two more primary contests in Tennessee and Virginia this week.

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"I ask you to join me in standing up for an American who has given outstanding service to his country in peace and war -- John Kerry," Clark said in Madison, Wisconsin. "The Army's come on board," he added.

"I will do everything I can to help make sure George W. Bush doesn't get away with playing politics with national security," Clark said.

Clark's rapid and extremely warm endorsement of Kerry raised the possibility that he might be willing to run with Kerry as the vice presidential candidate. It would be the first time in U.S. history that two U.S. Vietnam veterans had ever shared the presidential ticket of a major party.

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