A woman wears a stuffed bear on her backpack at a noon rally at the The Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Nearly 1,000 people denounced the appointment of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education after a Senate committee advanced her nomination. Statements she made in a previous hearing that protecting students from bears in rural areas could be a justification for guns in schools have led to an outcry among opponents. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
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