Washington ? Criticizing President Bush’s efforts, Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark said he would press Saudi Arabia to provide commandos to accompany U.S. troops in the hunt for Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders.

Clark, a former four-star Army general, said although the Bush administration did the right thing by going after al-Qaida after the Sept. 11 attacks, it failed to finish the job.

“They still haven’t found Osama bin Laden. And every day, Americans live at risk because of this failure,” Clark said Wednesday.

Clark campaign spokesman Matt Bennett outlined Clark’s speech and three-point plan for capturing bin Laden hours before the candidate was to deliver the remarks at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.

First, Clark said he would pressure Saudi Arabia to contribute to a joint U.S.-Saudi commando force to scour the Afghan-Pakistani border where bin Laden was thought to be hiding.

Clark said since many of the leaders of al-Qaida come from Saudi Arabia and many of the attacks were aimed at targets in Saudi Arabia, the country had a vested interest in stepping up cooperation with the United States in capturing bin Laden.

But instead of ferreting out al-Qaida, the Bush administration has focused its energy and resources on Iraq, Clark said.

“They’ve downplayed more serious threats in other parts of the world,” he said. “In fact, it’s been months since Mr. Bush has even mentioned Osama bin Laden.”

Second, Clark proposed reassigning some of the intelligence specialists, linguists and special operations forces now searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction to the hunt for bin Laden.

Third, he said the United States needed to repair relations with allies and friends.

“With his unilateral march into Iraq, President Bush has scorned many of our key allies, preventing the necessary cooperation to destroy al-Qaida,” Clark said.