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A young member of the 49th NYPD precinct Explorers program rehearses the color guard before Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, enters a town hall event in the Bronx, New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Ocasio-Cortez met with veterans and registered nurses and discussed protecting the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system from privatization. Photographer: Yana Paskova/Bloomberg

A young member of the 49th NYPD precinct Explorers program rehearses the color guard before Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, enters a town hall event in the Bronx, New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Ocasio-Cortez met with veterans and registered nurses and discussed protecting the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system from privatization.  

Photographer: Yana Paskova/Bloomberg