Retired general Wesley Clark has been in the news twice this month, first for announcing his intention to explore for coal in Kosovo—the country he midwifed with bombs back in his NATO days—and now for agreeing to co-host an NBC reality show called Stars Earn Stripes . That’s quite a few hats for him to wear, so in order to avoid confusing the casual reader, I will ensure that all of my headlines about him apply to Kosovo and reality TV equally well.
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