Probe of General’s Remarks Ends
The Air Force has completed its investigation of allegations that a two-star general derided President Clinton, the Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.
The matter is now before Gen. Ronald W. Yates, head of the Materiel Command, who will decide what action, if any, should be taken, spokesman Bob Hall said.
The case involves charges that Maj. Gen. Harold Campbell, at a service awards dinner several weeks ago in the Netherlands, called Clinton a “pot-smoking,” “womanizing” and “draft-dodging” commander in chief.
Until last month, Campbell was deputy chief of staff for plans and programs at the Materiel Command, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. His transfer to a job in Washington has been put on hold during the inquiry.
If the charges are substantiated, disciplinary action could be expected, given that such remarks would be a violation of the military’s code of justice. It would be up to Yates to decide whether to convene a court-martial or determine some form of disciplinary action such as docking pay or reducing rank, sources said.
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