The Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations recently hosted a talk by Larry Wilkerson. His talk was entitled “Does It Really Matter Who Is President?”.
Larry Wilkerson last served in government as Secretary of State Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff (2002-05). Before that he was associate Director of the State Department’s Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass, and member of that staff responsible for East Asia and the Pacific, political-military and legislative affairs (2001-02). Prior to his term at the State Department, Wilkerson served 31 years in the U.S. Army. During that time, he was a member of the faculty of the U.S. Naval War College (1987 to 1989), Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), and Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia (1993-97). Wilkerson retired from active service in 1997 as a colonel, and began work as an advisor to General Powell. He has also taught national security affairs in the Honors Program at the George Washington University. He is currently working on a book about the first George W. Bush administration.
This talk was recorded March 4, 2013 in Northport at Point Lookout.