Politics and Personal Life
In September 2006 in a conference call Wilkerson expressed support for Wesley Clark and Anthony Zinni. He also endorsed Jim Webb against incumbent George Allen in the 2006 U.S. Senate election in Virginia.
Wilkerson is a visiting professor at the College of William & Mary, teaching courses on U.S. national security. He was a Professorial Lecturer in the Honors Program at the George Washington University, teaching a course named "National Security Decision Making." He and his wife Barbara have two children. His son is an Air Force navigator, while his daughter was in the Army but has since returned to civilian life.
Wilkerson also heads the Colin Powell Leadership Club, a group of MacFarland middle school students in Washington, D.C.
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