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NASA Official Warns Staff About Publicly Displaying Their Badges Amid Reports of Harassment

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Dr. James Polk , NASA ’s chief health and medical officer, wrote an email to employees Friday .

He warned them to “use discretion” in public when displaying badges or emblems that identify them as federal workers.

The warning came two days after an employee was “assaulted” at a Starbucks , he wrote.

The email was circulating among NASA employees.

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