Profile: Ramsey Clark
WHO: U.S. attorney general under President Lyndon B. Johnson; now lawyer and peace activist.
AGE: 63, born in Dallas
EDUCATION: History degree, University of Texas; history and law degrees, University of Chicago. Served in the Marines.
BACKGROUND: Has made several peace missions to the Middle East, including a visit last year to Baghdad.
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