Clinton regrets not firing adviser accused of harassment
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NEW YORK (AP)  â Hillary Clinton  says  she  should not have let a senior campaign adviser keep  his  job after a female staffer accused  him  of sexual harassment in 2007.
"The most important work of my life has been to support and empower women  " Clinton  wrote on Facebook Tuesday night . "So I very much understand the question I'm being asked as to why I let an employee on my 2008 campaign keep his job despite his inappropriate workplace behavior. The short answer is this: If I had it to do again  I wouldn't."
 Clinton  said that senior campaign staff and legal counsel confirmed that the behavior by faith-based adviser Burns Strider had occurred after the woman came forward. Her campaign manager recommended that Strider be terminated  but  Clinton  said  she  instead demoted him  docked his pay  required counseling  separated him from the victim  and warned him that he'd be fired if he did it again.
 Clinton  said that there were no further complaints against Strider during the rest of the campaign  but that  she  is troubled that  he  was terminated from a job leading an independent political action committee supporting  Clinton  for inappropriate behavior several years later.
"I believed the punishment was severe and the message to  him  unambiguous. I also believe in second chances "  Clinton  said in the post published shortly before the start of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. "But sometimes they're squandered."
 She  said that the reoccurrence of the behavior "troubles me greatly" and leads  her  to question whether it would have been better if  she  had fired him.
"There is no way I can go back 10 years and know the answers. But you can bet I'm asking  myself  these questions right now."
 Clinton  said that  her  first thought after the Times report "was for the young woman involved" and that she reached out to her "to see how she was doing  but also to help me reflect on my decision and its consequences."
"She expressed appreciation that she worked on a campaign where she knew she could come forward without fear "  Clinton  said. " She  was glad that her accusations were taken seriously  that there was a clear process in place for dealing with harassment  and that it was followed. Most importantly   she  told me that for the remainder of the campaign  she flourished in her new role. "
NEW YORK (AP)   [TGT] says   [TGT]   should not have let a senior campaign adviser keep   [TGT]   job after a female staffer accused   [TGT]   of sexual harassment in 2007.
"The most important work of my life has been to support and empower women   [TGT] wrote on Facebook Tuesday night . "So I very much understand the question I'm being asked as to why I let an employee on my 2008 campaign keep his job despite his inappropriate workplace behavior. The short answer is this: If I had it to do again  I wouldn't. [TGT] 
said that senior campaign staff and legal counsel confirmed that the behavior by faith-based adviser Burns Strider had occurred after the woman came forward. Her campaign manager recommended that Strider be terminated  but   [TGT] said   [TGT]   instead demoted him  docked his pay  required counseling  separated him from the victim  and warned him that he'd be fired if he did it again.
  [TGT] said that there were no further complaints against Strider during the rest of the campaign  but that   [TGT]   is troubled that  he  was terminated from a job leading an independent political action committee supporting   [TGT] for inappropriate behavior several years later.
"I believed the punishment was severe and the message to  him  unambiguous. I also believe in second chances  [TGT] said in the post published shortly before the start of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. "But sometimes they're squandered."
 She  said that the reoccurrence of the behavior "troubles me greatly" and leads  her  to question whether it would have been better if  she  had fired him.
"There is no way I can go back 10 years and know the answers. But you can bet I'm asking   [TGT]   these questions right now. [TGT] 
said that   [TGT]   first thought after the Times report "was for the young woman involved" and that she reached out to her "to see how she was doing  but also to help me reflect on my decision and its consequences."
"She expressed appreciation that she worked on a campaign where she knew she could come forward without fear "   [TGT] said. " She  was glad that her accusations were taken seriously  that there was a clear process in place for dealing with harassment  and that it was followed. Most importantly   she  told me that for the remainder of the campaign  she flourished in her new role. "