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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Amanda Seitz

What to expect at RFK Jr.'s first Senate hearing as health secretary

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Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy wanted an assurance from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before he would vote to put him in charge of the nation's $1.7 trillion health department.

Kennedy's history of promoting conspiracy theories or misspeaking about vaccines alarmed Cassidy, he said during a confirmation hearing earlier this year.

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