Wes Clark will spend Tuesday in New Hampshire meeting with store owners and shoppers before his speech about his vision for the economy. The speech will be the second of four in the New American Patriotism tour. Clark will speak at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester Wednesday.

"Over the past month, I've been laying out my vision for America - my specific plans to jump start our economy and create jobs, and to re-energize our spirit of service," said Clark. "In the coming weeks, I will outline more new ideas, including my plans to expand health care and improve education, and the steps we can take to make our nation, and our world, more secure," said Clark.

In addition to his distinguished military career, Clark has worked as a successful investment banker in Little Rock, Arkansas. Clark also worked in the federal Office of Management and Budget as a White House Fellow. He taught economics at West Point and earned a Master's Degree in economics, politics, and philosophy from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.

"I've been talking in recent weeks about the jobs crisis, which is my first priority. But the jobs situation is also part of a broader crisis in Washington, which is the total collapse of the fiscal responsibility and accountability that we expect from our leaders," said Clark.

Clark will spend his time on Main Street in Nashua, New Hampshire Tuesday in the company of James Steiner, a local businessman who will introduce him to Nashua store owners. Clark will explore with them the challenges they are facing in today's tough economic climate.

New Hampshire's overall unemployment rate since 2000 has increased 61 percent to 4.4 percent. While the state has fared slightly better than the national average overall, the manufacturing sector lost 24,500 jobs since 2000. The retail sector is also shrinking, losing 1100 jobs in the past year.