Female General in Sex Case to Retire

Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy, who drew national attention for making a sexual harassment charge against a fellow general, is leaving the Army today, 31 years to the day since she entered. However, her formal retirement will come in August. Kennedy, 52, has been the Army’s deputy chief of staff for intelligence since May 1997 and is the Army’s only female three-star general. Kennedy’s departure plans were set before her accusation of sexual harassment became public in March. The Army today will honor her at a ceremony to be presided over by Army Secretary Louis Caldera.