Today, General Wesley Clark said, "I'm one of those people who doesn't believe in occupying countries to extract their natural resources. I think you buy them on the world market. We need a success strategy for Iraq that will end the American occupation by putting an international organization in place, have United States forces report through NATO, and work to turn this problem back to the Iraqis."

Clark Advisor Chris Lehane added, "George W. Bush's rewarding of campaign contributor Halliburton makes it clear for all to see that he is of big oil, for big oil, and 'buy' big oil. At the end of the day, he's putting the special interests before our national interests. General Clark is campaigning on a New American Patriotism to put the national interests before the special interests.