- Robert Wilkie
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name = Robert L. Wilkie
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order =Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
term_start =September 30 ,2006
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vicepresident =Dick Cheney
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president =George W. Bush
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predecessor = Dan Stanley
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birth_place =Fayettville, North Carolina
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party = Republican
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profession = Lawyer
religion = Catholic
footnotes =Robert Leon Wilkie is an American
lawyer who currently serves as theAssistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs . Anintelligence officer in theUnited States Naval Reserve , he was nominated for his current position byU.S. President George W. Bush onJune 20 ,2006 and his appointment was approved by the Senate onSeptember 30 ,2006 .Early life and education
Wilkie was born in
Fayetteville, North Carolina , and attended Fayetteville’s Reid Ross Senior High School. As the son of an Army Artillery officer, he grew up inFort Bragg ,North Carolina . He received his bachelor's degree from theWake Forest University inNorth Carolina . He went on to receive his law degree from Loyola University School of Law inNew Orleans in 1988 and a Master of Laws in International and Comparative Law fromGeorgetown University Law Center inWashington, D.C. .Government career
Prior to being named assistant secretary, Wilkie served as special assistant to the President for national security affairs and a senior director of the
National Security Council where he was a senior policy advisor to then-National Security AdvisorCondoleezza Rice as well as her successor,Stephen Hadley . Mr. Wilkie developed strategic planning for the implementation of the Moscow Treaty, the Millennium Challenge Account, Iraqi Reconstruction and NATO Expansion. [ [http://www.defenselink.mil/la/powellmoorebio.htm#bk_mk_pdasd OSD/LA Staff ] ]He began his professional career on
Capitol Hill as Counsel toJesse Helms , and later served as legislative director for Rep.David Funderburk of North Carolina. He was assigned to the Committee on International Relations and the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. In 1997, he began service as counsel and advisor on international security affairs to Senate Majority LeaderTrent Lott .Notes
References
*DoD News Release" [http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=10086 Wilkie Named Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs] "
United States Department of Defense , October 17, 2006.
*Mike Soraghan, "DoD braces for a fight with Pelosi",The Hill , June 2007.
*Bryan Bender, " [http://www.populistamerica.com/pentagon_restricting_testimony_in_congress Pentagon restricting testimony in Congress] ,"The Boston Globe , May 7, 2007.External links
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/results/leadership/bio_1013.html Robert L. Wilkie] ,
White House biography
* [http://www.defenselink.mil/la/powellmoorebio.htm Robert L. Wilkie] , Department of Defense biography
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