Robert Wilkie

Infobox Officeholder
name = Robert L. Wilkie

---

imagesize =
small

caption =
order = Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
term_start = September 30, 2006
term_end =
vicepresident = Dick Cheney
viceprimeminister =
deputy =
president = George W. Bush
primeminister =
predecessor = Dan Stanley
successor =
birth_date =
birth_place = Fayettville, North Carolina
death_date =
death_place =
constituency =
party = Republican
spouse =
profession = Lawyer
religion = Catholic


footnotes =

Robert Leon Wilkie is an American lawyer who currently serves as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs. An intelligence officer in the United States Naval Reserve, he was nominated for his current position by U.S. President George W. Bush on June 20, 2006 and his appointment was approved by the Senate on September 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 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He received his bachelor's degree from the Wake Forest University in North Carolina. He went on to receive his law degree from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans in 1988 and a Master of Laws in International and Comparative Law from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, 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 Advisor Condoleezza 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 to Jesse 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 Leader Trent 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