Another Kennedy makes history: US Senate confirms RFK Jr. as US Health and Human Services secretary...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader
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Newly confirmed United States Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher WASHINGTON, DC - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of the famed Kennedy family and an outspoken vaccine skeptic, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday as United States Health and Human Services secretary. The U.S Senate voted 52-48 for confirmation with former minority leader Sen. Mitch Mcconnell of Kentucky the only Senate Republican to vote no, a second no vote after he opposed the nomination of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, whom the Senate confirmed on Wednesday with widespread Republican support. An unsuccessful Democratic candidate for president in 2020, Kennedy is a son of U.S. Attorney General and Senator Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy. President Donald Trump tapped Kennedy, 7...