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On the recordDecember 10, 2019
So, this is not just in a matter limited to Lieutenant Commander Young-McLear's experience. This seems to be something of a pattern and that there are other examples of retaliation going on in the Coast Guard?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez highlights a pattern of retaliation in the Coast Guard beyond one individual's case.

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