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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordNovember 18, 2019
Yet, we just have a memo from just last month the Department of Defense saying this is not.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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Editor's note · Context

Ocasio-Cortez highlights conflicting statements from the Department of Defense regarding safety.

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