Whoa, you guys are letting partisanship blind you on this one.

Gen Clark clearly indicated that he knew that FTL violated the laws of
physics as we know them today, all he was saying he that he has faith
that some day we will find a way to exceed light speed. He did not say
we would do this tomorrow, or how we would do it.

Give the guy a break, if Bush had said it, you guys would be falling
over one other to talk about what a visionary the guy is.