For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 13, 2004
Statement by the Press Secretary
National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice announced today the
appointment of Robert L. Wilkie as Special Assistant to the President
and Senior Director for Legislative Affairs, effective August 4, 2004.
Prior to joining the National Security Council staff, Mr. Wilkie
was Counsel and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Senate Majority Leader,
the Honorable Trent Lott from 1997-2003. He spent a year as
Legislative Director for Representative David Funderburk (R-NC). From
1988-1994, he was Counsel to Senator Jesse A. Helms.
Mr. Wilkie is an officer in the United States Navy Reserve and has
served at the Office of Naval Intelligence, Naval Special Warfare Group
Two, Joint Forces Intelligence Command and Atlantic Intelligence
Command. He is a graduate of the College of Naval Command and Staff
and the United States Army War College.
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