Richard S. Hassan is a retired officer of the

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. He served as director of the Air Force Senior Leader Management Office in

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, overseeing career development for senior leaders in the Air Force. He is of Irish background. Though Hassan was a

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, the Secretary of the Air Force retired him in the lower grade of

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shortly after he was found to have sexually harassed female subordinates, engaged in unprofessional relationships and created a hostile work environment. The revelations about Hassan surfaced shortly after a similar scandal involving former top Air Force

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and shortly before a scandal involving another high-ranking Air Force officer,

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Air Force Inspector General's report on Hassan
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