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    President-elect Donald Trump placed a key campaign figure in the next cabinet on Thursday, appointment Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next Secretary of Health and Human Services.

    Kennedy spent the majority of the 2024 campaign as an independent candidate, but dropped out and supported Trump. He became a de facto public health advisor after joining the campaign, adopting the slogan “Making America Healthy Again” from Trump’s trademark slogan.

    The choice was met with derision by lawmakers and public health advocates, with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., calling Kennedy a “fringe conspiracy theorist.”

    On Thursday, Trump also nominated Todd Blanche, a lawyer who represented him aggressively during his secret trial in New York, to become deputy attorney general, Jay Claytonformer Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission during his first term as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and former Republican U.S. Representative Doug Collins being his secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs in an administration that is quickly becoming a coterie of loyalists.

    Vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. named secretary of Health and Human Services

    Kennedy has a reputation for being critical of vaccines and questioning the origin of the COVID-19 virus. He is perhaps best known for spreading unfounded claims about a link between childhood vaccines and autism.

    In 2019, Kennedy Anti-vaccine sentiment amplified in Samoa during a measles outbreak that killed 83 people, most of them children and infants, according to the Associated Press.

    “They (Kennedy and other vaccine advocates) amplified fear and mistrust, which led to an amplification of the epidemic and an increase in the number of child deaths. Children were brought to care too late “, said Helen Petousis-Harris, vaccinologist. from New Zealand who worked on measles vaccination efforts in Samoa, told the news service in 2023.

    Kennedy also proposed the removal of fluoride from drinking water. The chemical has been added to U.S. water since 1945 to help prevent tooth decay and is one of the most common ways to prevent cavities. However, drinking water is also regulated at the local level, which could limit Kennedy’s influence.

    In July 2023, Kennedy sparked a backlash after saying there was a problem. “argument” that COVID-19 was “targeted along ethnic lines”. He claimed that COVID-19 was “aimed at attacking Caucasians and Black people” while sparing Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese, which is false.

    Trump has already said he would allow Kennedy to “go wild about health“.

    Trump’s announcement indicates he intends to nominate Kennedy for Senate approval, but Trump issued the demand that Senate Republican leaders allow recess appointments like a end of confirmation process.

    Trump’s Cabinet Picks So Far: What We Know

    • Chief of staff: Trump named his top campaign adviser Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, the first woman in history to hold that title. The Florida political consultant largely stays out of the spotlight, but is credited with helping lead Trump’s political comeback.
    • Attorney General: representative Matt Gaetz of Florida has been named the next attorney general to oversee the Justice Department, something he has long criticized.
    • Secretary of State: US Senator. Marco Rubio of Florida is named the next secretary of state. He will bring foreign policy experience through his service on the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. A Cuban-American, he is expected to be the first Latin American to become secretary of state.
    • Director of National Intelligence: Former MP Tulsi Gabbard is appointed director of national intelligence. The former Democratic presidential candidate turned Republican represented Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District from 2013 to 2021.
    • Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy: Longtime Trump advisor Stephen Miller has been named deputy chief of staff for policy in the incoming Trump administration. The 39-year-old served as Trump’s senior adviser and speechwriting director during the Republican’s first term in the White House and is credited with shaping Trump’s immigration policy.
    • Ambassador to the United Nations: Trump nominated Elise Stefanika five-term Republican representing a northern New York district, as his choice for U.N. ambassador. She is the chairwoman of the House Republican Conference and a former vice presidential candidate for Trump.
    • “Tsar of the borders”: Trump appointed Tom Homan oversee deportation policy and aviation security. Homan was a border patrol agent for 34 years and served in the first Trump administration as acting director of ICE. He sparked controversy due to strict immigration enforcement, including the “zero tolerance” policy that separated undocumented immigrant families.
    • Head of the EPA: Trump appointed Lee Zeldin as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Zeldin was a congressman for parts of Long Island, New York and ran for but lost to Kathy Hochul in the 2022 gubernatorial race.
    • National Security Advisor: Trump appointed Florida Rep. Mike Waltz as his national security advisor. Waltz held civilian positions at the Pentagon, served on the House Armed Services Committee and supported Trump’s isolationist view on foreign relations.
    • United States Ambassador to Israel: Trump announced he was nominating a former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as its American ambassador to Israel. Huckabee is a Baptist minister and former Fox News host who twice ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination. His daughter is Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as White House press secretary during Trump’s first presidency.
    • Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: Trump appointed his former director of national intelligence John Ratcliffe as director of the CIA. Ratcliffe previously served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives before becoming director of national intelligence at the end of Trump’s first presidency.
    • Secretary of Defense: Trump named Fox News host Pete Hegseth to the Secretary of Defense. A Fox News commentator, Hegseth served in the U.S. National Guard and led veterans advocacy groups.
    • Secretary of Homeland Security: Trump announced his choice of The governor of South Dakota. Kristi Noem become Secretary of Homeland Security. The choice puts the hard-line conservative governor, who sent the state’s National Guard to the southern border, in a key immigration role.
    • White House Counsel: Trump called on William McGinley to serve as his White House legal advisor. McGinley, a partner at the Washington-based law firm Holtzman Vogel, worked as a White House cabinet secretary during Trump’s first presidency.
    • Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Trump nominated Doug Collins to be his secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Collins, a former member of Congress from 2013 to 2021 and trusted Trump loyalist, is a chaplain for the United States Air Force Reserve Command.

    Live coverage of the Trump transition: Donald Trump chooses Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS

    What are the Cabinet positions?

    Office advises the president on matters related to their respective functions.

    Here are the ministerial positions of the 15 executive departments, which must be confirmed by the Senate:

    • Secretary of State
    • Secretary of Defense
    • Attorney General
    • Secretary of the Interior
    • Secretary of Agriculture
    • Secretary of Commerce
    • Secretary of Labor
    • Secretary of Health and Human Services
    • Secretary of Transportation
    • Secretary of Energy
    • Secretary of Education
    • Secretary of Veterans Affairs
    • Secretary of Homeland Security
    • Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
    • Secretary of the Treasury

    THE Advisors to the Cabinet and the President also include the vice president, the chief of staff, the ambassador to the United Nations, the director of national intelligence, the U.S. trade representative, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, the head of the Council of Economic Advisers, the head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the head of the Small Business Administration.

    Contributors: Karen Weintraub, Alyssa Goldberg, Tom Vanden Brook, David Jackson, Savannah Kuchar, Victor Hagan, Bart Jansen, Fernando Cervantes Jr., Riley Beggin, Michael Collins, Garrison Joey; Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Investigator.

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