Col. (Ret.) Lawrence Wilkerson

Lawrence Wilkerson is the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. He also taught for six years in the University Honors Program at the George Washington University in Washington, DC (2006-2011).

His last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff (2002-05), 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). Before serving at the State Department, Wilkerson worked as a consultant to General Powell (1997-2000). Before that, he served 31 years in the U.S. Army, including as Deputy Executive Officer to then-General Colin Powell when he commanded the U.S. Army Forces Command (1989), Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), and as Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia (1993-97).

During the course of his military service, Wilkerson was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Bronze Star among other awards and decorations. At the Department of State, he earned the Secretary’s Distinguished Service Award, as well as two Superior Honor Awards. Since leaving the State Department, Wilkerson has spoken to groups all over America—World Affairs Councils, university and war college audiences, and members of local and state governments and the U.S. Congress and their staffs. In addition, he has been published in The American Conservative, Playboy Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Miami Herald, the New York Daily News, and other magazines and newspapers across the country, as well as appeared on television with Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher, Keith Olbermann, Ed Shultz, Lawrence O’Donnell, Rachel Maddow, Wolf Blitzer, the BBC’s Hardtalk and Newsnight, and others. He has appeared in several recent documentaries also, including Alex Gibney’s “Taxi to the Dark Side” and Charles Ferguson’s “No End in Sight”. He was also chairman of the U.S.-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative at the New America Foundation from 2006-2010.

Lawrence lives in Falls Church, Virginia. His son, Alex, was a USAF officer/ navigator in C-130s for ten years and now serves fulltime in the Tennessee Air National Guard, making his home in Nashville. His daughter, Suellen, a former Army officer, now helps her husband manage a small farm in Mt. Airy, Maryland.

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  1. elliot raphaelson July 30, 2017 at 12:37 pm

    Please forward to Gen., Wilkerson

    I have observed your comments on MSNBC and other media, and agree with your comments about Trump. Although I am a registered Republican, I believe he should be impeached before he can do further harm to our country. We need Republicans such as yourself to lead the way to convince other Republicans to put the pressure on Republican Congressmen to impeach him. He has proved he is incapable of leading this country. We can’t afford to wait for 3 1/2 years to replace him.

    I suggest that you and other Republicans start a “Republicans for Impeachment” program ASAP.. With Trump as President, we are heading for a new World War with devastating results.

    I would be happy to help in any way.

    Elliot Raphaelson
    [email protected]
    986 Fern Ave.
    Orlando, Fl. 32814

  2. Randolph Koch July 25, 2018 at 12:17 pm

    Can you identify specific “high crimes and misdemeanors” committed by the President which would serve as the basis for such an action?

    The fact that you don’t like him or disagree with his actions is not a sufficient legal basis for impeachment.

    I did not see General Wilkerson’s comments so I don’t know what he described as the legal basis for impeachment.

    By the way, I’m a registered Democratic.

  3. Randolph Koch July 25, 2018 at 12:19 pm

    I meant to say “registered Democrat.”

    Apparently autocorrect on my phone changed it and I didn’t notice.

  4. BoB SHANKAR June 2, 2019 at 6:03 pm

    Sir,
    Your appearance at Georgetown which you mentioned on Bill Maher show, is that open to public?
    How can I get tickets?
    Thanks
    Bob

  5. Joel Karafin June 3, 2019 at 8:25 am

    Sir,
    I too saw you on the Bill Maher show. I want to help in the cause, but need help as to how to proceed.
    Joel

  6. Lawrence Verline Wilder September 18, 2019 at 4:59 am

    GENERAL LAWRENCE WILKERSON. US MSPB PHILADELPHIA PA JUDGE ELIZABETH MILLIGAN WROTE AN ORDER ON 6/1/2007 THAT I DIDN’T COMMIT A VIOLENT FELONY AGAINST A CAUCASIAN FEMALE FEDERAL JUDGE. CHIEF JUDGE WILLIAM BOULDEN STILL SENT FEDERAL AGENTS TO SURROUND MY HOUSE TO KILL ME AND INTERSTATE RACIAL PROFILE STALK ME TRYING TO KILL ME MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. US ATTORNEY AND FEDERAL APPOINTED COUNSEL SUPRESSED THE EVIDENCE.

  7. Robert Miller January 1, 2024 at 2:26 pm

    Please forward to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson.

    Greetings from New Zealand. I much appreciate your incisive commentaries on current military matters, & their geopolitical impact. I write as an independent investigator, about an issue in my own country, which, I believe, can be understood best in an international context. You may be able to help me.

    Since early 2018, here in New Zealand, there has been in operation a Royal Commission on Abuse in Care, which has brought to the public horrific evidence of abuse in some our mental institutions, perpetrated mainly in the 1970s, and the cover-up of these state çrimes continued until very recently. Some of the abuses have been reccognized as Çrimes of Torture under international law, by the UN Commitee Against Torture.

    My investigations have led me to strong suspicion that the worst of these atrocities were instigated by overseas military intelligence agencies, as a form of clandestine outsourced ‘research’. This conjecture is backed by a very large body of circumstantial evidence, but not yet by direct documented evidence. You may be one of the very few who might be able to access such evidence. I seek your help.

    My collection of evidence can be found on my website (see below) as a series of chapters & supplementary documents with the title ‘The Eye Wink at the Hand’.

    My regular email address is out of action at present, but should be working again within a few days. It is: [email protected]. I would much appreciate further communication with you on this important matter. Historic? YES; but not yet past.

    Sincerely

    Robert Miller (PhD)

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