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Davis said she is speaking out as she thinks about the kind of platoon leader she wants to be after graduating from field artillery school later this month.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need to always act in good conscience and set the right example for the soldiers I will lead, including younger females,\u201d she said. \u201cI hope it will allow people who have endured similar experiences to feel confident enough to say something.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her story was corroborated by the friend whom Davis texted from the restaurant, Jessica Strieter Elting, who runs Aflac\u2019s political affairs team in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
Strieter Elting told The Post that Davis was shaken by the encounter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt horrible for her, being in that position while trying to do her job,\u201d said Strieter Elting.<\/p>\n
Davis also reported the incident, at the time, to her supervisor at the company, then-vice president and counsel Brad Knox.<\/p>\n
Knox said he recalled Davis telling him that Reed had been drinking and had undone an article of her clothing. He said she declined when he asked if she wanted to file a complaint with the House Ethics Committee.<\/p>\n
Reed is a former mayor of Corning, New York. In Congress, he co-chairs the Problem Solvers Caucus, whose 24 Republican and 24 Democratic members meet weekly on issues.<\/p>\n
In response to the #MeToo movement, Reed said sexual harassment training was a basic requirement in his office, and that he had taken it. He also backed bipartisan legislation in 2018 requiring lawmakers to be personally liable for settlements resulting from harassment.<\/p>\n
The statement provided by Reed's office said: \u201cI stand by my record.\u201d<\/p>\n
Commenting on the allegations against Cuomo last month, Reed had said, \u201cthese incidents of sexual harassment and pattern of abuse are abhorrent and have absolutely no place in our society, let alone the highest rungs of government.\u201d<\/p>\n