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General Wesley Clark speaks at Syngenta in support of biofuels industry

General Wesley Clark spoke at Syngenta regional headquarters in Minnetonka, Minn., on March 21 in support of the biofuels industry and what biofuels can mean for the future of America’s energy independence.

Clark, a retired four-star general, serves as co-chairman of Growth Energy and CEO of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, a strategic consulting firm. Clark retired after a 38-year career in the U.S. Army. He graduated first in his class at West Point and obtained degrees in philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University (B.A. and M.A.) as a Rhodes Scholar.

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