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To: calgal who wrote (512004)	12/17/2003 7:10:59 PM
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Clark Cites Testimony for Fund-Raising Wednesday, December 17, 2003 WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark's (search) campaign cited his testimony on Slobodan Milosevic's war crimes in a fund-raising letter asking donors to help him raise $1 million over the next two weeks. "Today in The Hague (search), Wes Clark is winding up the final campaign of his military mission in Kosovo," campaign manager Paul Johnson wrote in the e-mail sent Tuesday. "But back home, our mission to put Wes Clark in the White House has just begun." The solicitation asks donors to take part in Clark's "$1 Million Challenge" and contribute to his campaign by Dec. 31, when the year's fourth fund-raising quarter ends. Clark, a retired general and NATO (search) commander, spent 10 hours testifying over Monday and Tuesday. Milosevic, president of the Serbia republic and later of Yugoslavia's federal government during the decade of the country's breakup, faces 66 counts at the U.N. war crimes (search) tribunal for alleged crimes in Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo. Clark's fund-raising e-mail said Clark's leadership in Kosovo qualifies him to handle the U.S. conflict in Iraq. "Today, Milosevic is facing his punishment. Compare this to the current situation in Iraq. The capture of Saddam Hussein is good news," the e-mail says. "But a day of good news in Iraq doesn't change the challenges we face. ... The choice of which candidate can beat George Bush in this election and fix the mess in Iraq couldn't be clearer." Donors had given about $100,000 as of Wednesday morning. Contributors who gave $100 by noon were promised access to a conference call with Clark on Thursday night. Those who donated $250 were invited to join an "interactive phone conversation" with campaign chairman Eli Segal to discuss campaign strategy, after the call with Clark. Clark planned to raise at least $12 million from October through December, which would put him among the Democratic money front-runners for the period with former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean. President Bush's campaign has raised at least $33 million this quarter. The presidential hopefuls will detail their latest round of contributions and spending in reports to the Federal Election Commission (search) due Jan. 31.