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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: “We need to look at the priorities of the agency, if there’s really a deeply, deeply embedded ... malaise at the agency…”

On the recordAugust 28, 2025
We need to look at the priorities of the agency, if there’s really a deeply, deeply embedded ... malaise at the agency, and we need strong leadership that will go in there and that will be able to execute on President Trump’s broad ambitions for this agency, the gold standard science and to what it was when we were growing up, which was the most respected health agency in the world.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Democratic · New York
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cnbc.com
Aug 28, 2025

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Kennedy discusses the need for strong leadership at the CDC amid ongoing issues.

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