Little Rock - Today, in Contoocook, New Hampshire, General Clark announced his Turnaround Plan for America: a five-part plan to tackle our toughest domestic challenges and get America moving forward again.

Each day, for five days, Clark will discuss one benchmark for success: "These are goals that I want voters to hold me accountable to," Clark explained. "I will meet them. And I will do so while reducing the deficit each and every year."

"I'm running for President because I want to provide the leadership that will get us going in the right direction - and I have a Turnaround Plan to do just that," Clark said.

During his thirty-four years in the U.S. Army, Clark led the way in making sure soldiers and their families had good health care, fair wages, excellent schools and access to Headstart programs.

Clark laid out the lessons he learned in the army and plans to apply as our president. He stated that he will, "set clear, ambitious goals, always be accountable for my decisions, and always be straight with the American people."

Today, Clark focused on the economy: "Under President Bush, the average family income has dropped by almost $1,500 a year. We're going to turn it around."

"After four years of my economic policies, family incomes will be up $3,000," Clark stated. "It's time we put money back into America's wallets."

"In the past three years, we lost over 3 million private sector jobs, and the economy is still not creating enough jobs to keep up with the number of new people entering the job market," Clark noted.

Details on Clark's plan to turnaround family income are attached. Here's an outline:

• Creating jobs. Clark's Job Creation Plan will take back Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans - those earning more than $200,000 - and use the money to jumpstart the economy and create jobs.

• Restore fiscal discipline. Clark's Savings for America's Future plan will save $2.35 trillion over ten years and use that money to reduce the deficit each and every year and help put our fiscal house in order

• Expand Economic Opportunity. Clark understands that "we can't just focus on the next paycheck or next quarter. We need to think about the next generation." He will create the conditions for future prosperity by putting in place the policies to sustain long-term growth: investments in research and technology, pro-growth tax reform, and sustainable energy policies.

Tomorrow, Clark will continue to discuss his Turnaround Plan in New Hampshire. He will be focusing on the environment and will announce a plan to prevent premature deaths from pollution.

On Wednesday, Clark will concentrate on education and will announce his plan to ensure that an additional one million students are enrolled in higher education institutions.

On Thursday, Clark will travel to New York City where he will talk about child poverty. His goal is to lift 2 million children out of poverty.

Finally, on Friday, in Tennessee, Clark will address the plight of those without health insurance. His goal is to extend coverage to 30 million Americans who currently lack health care.

"We need to get back to the simple principle that it's the duty of leaders to look after the people they lead - not just themselves. Most of us keep our part of that bargain - we work hard, pay taxes, and play by the rules. Leaders have to keep their part of the bargain too - and they have to expect to be held accountable," Clark concluded. "As President, I'll never forget that. Working together, we're going to turn America around, one step at a time."

» Read the speech
» Read Clark's Plan to Increase Family Income (PDF)
» Read Clark's Turnaround Pledge (PDF)
» State by State Breakdown of Goals