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Brig. Gen. Michael Bobeck

Joint Staff general's girlfriend problem derails career

Brig. Gen. Michael Bobeck, an Army National Guard general on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been fired from his job following an extramarital affair, and interviews and records show that he had also negotiated a job and lived rent-free in the home of a defense contractor, USA TODAY has found. Defense Department officials say Bobeck has been the focus of an internal investigation into an extramarital affair - a violation of military law - and misuse of government resources. Ref. USAToday.

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Shame to reach to that stage of power and prestige only to give it up for some outside time in an extra martial relationship.

Brig. Gen. Michael Bobeck History & Civil Business Politics

Emails show general's cozy relationship with defense contractor

Although the Pentagon inspector general said Brig. Gen. Michael Bobeck's rent-free living in the home of a defense contractor was not a conflict of interest, emails obtained by USA TODAY have led a key senator to say the Pentagon needs to take another look. An official of lobbyist Peduzzi Associates used Bobeck's private email address to keep the general up to speed with vital issues related to the company and its major client, helicopter maker Sikorsky, while Bobeck had negotiated a job with Peduzzi when he left the Army. Ref. USAToday.

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A general fired in 2016 from the Pentagon’s Joint Staff for an extramarital affair has been under criminal investigation, USA TODAY has learned At. At the time of Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Michael Bobeck's firing for an extramarital affair -- a violation of military law -- USA TODAY reported Bobeck had also lived rent-free in the home of a defense contractor. The Army's inspector general determined the gift of housing was acceptable because Bobeck had a longstanding relationship with an executive at the firm. But military criminal investigators have been investigating Bobeck, including examining his emails, for at least a year, according to an official familiar with the case but unable to speak about it publicly. Ref. USAToday.