As they mustered support for their confirmations by the U.S. Senate, some of Donald Trump’s nominees made statements from which they’ve already distanced themselves upon taking office. According to the president of the FBI Agents Association, Kash Patel agreed last month — before becoming FBI director — that the agency’s No. 2 position should be held by a career agent as has been tradition. The FBI instead appointed Dan Bongino, a Trump media ally and former Secret Service agent. During his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised he would not change the nation’s current vaccination schedule. But as health secretary, Kennedy has since vowed to investigate the childhood vaccine schedule that prevents measles, polio and other dangerous diseases.
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