What is Robert Wilkie?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Robert Wilkie |image = Robert Wilkie official portrait.jpg |office = 10th [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]] |president = [[Donald Trump]] |deputy = [[James Byrne (lawyer)|James Byrne]] |term_start = July 30, 2018 |term_end = January 20, 2021 |predecessor = [[David Shulkin]] |successor = [[Denis McDonough]] |president1 = Donald Trump |deputy1 = [[Thomas G. Bowman]] |term_start1 = March 28, 2018 |term_end1 = May 29, 2018<br>Acting |predecessor1 = [[David Shulkin]] |successor1 = Peter O'Rourke {{small|(Acting)}} |office2 = [[Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness]] |president2 = Donald Trump |term_start2 = November 30, 2017 |term_end2 = July 23, 2018 |predecessor2 = [[Jessica L. Wright]] |successor2 = TBD |office3 = [[Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs]] |president3 = [[George W. Bush]] |term_start3 = September 30, 2006 |term_end3 = January 19, 2009 |predecessor3 = Dan Stanley |successor3 = Elizabeth King |birth_name = Robert Leon Wilkie Jr. |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|8|6}} |birth_place = [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |education = [[Wake Forest University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[Loyola University New Orleans]] {{small|([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}<br>[[Georgetown University]] {{small|([[Master of Laws|LLM]])}}<br>[[United States Army War College]] {{small|([[Master of Science|MS]])}} }} '''Robert Leon Wilkie Jr.''' (born August 2, 1962<ref>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KTGG-75C</ref>) is an American lawyer and government official. He was the 10th [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]] from July 30, 2018 to January 20, 2021. He was the ''acting'' Secretary from March 28, 2018 to May 29, 2018, while serving as the [[Under Secretary of Defense fo