President-elect Donald Trump had touted Kennedy as a potential pick for the role of health secretary in the run up to his election victory, even if senior members of his campaign ruled out Kennedy having an official role.
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00:00President-elect Donald Trump has chosen anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the
00:08Department of Health and Human Services.
00:13Public health officials have criticized Kennedy's views as dangerous, but the president-elect
00:17said Americans have been crushed by the deception, mis- and disinformation of the industrial
00:22food complex and drug companies and said Kennedy would make America great and healthy
00:27again.
00:31The role, which still has to be approved by the Senate, would mean Kennedy would lead
00:35a huge agency that oversees areas from drugs, food safety, medical research to welfare programs.