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said the agency was advising every child to get the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

Kennedy's comments were a stark departure from previous assertions he's made about vaccines, including calling vaccination a, quote, personal choice when measles broke out in Texas last year, and urging parents to, quote, do their own research when it came to vaccinating their newborns.

And Secretary of the Navy John Phelan was fired on Wednesday after months of infighting with senior Pentagon leaders over how to revive the Navy's struggling shipbuilding program.

Tensions had been simmering for months between Phelan and his two bosses, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy Defense Secretary Steven Feinberg, over management style, personnel issues, and other matters.

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It was edited by Brendan Klinkenberg and Michael Benoit and contains music by Marion Lozano, Dan Powell, and Rowan Nemisto.

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From The New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams, and this is The Daily.

From the moment he was appointed director of the FBI, Kash Patel has invited controversy and concern about what his leadership would look like and how it might affect the agency that's tasked with protecting the United States from threats at home and abroad.

Today, my colleagues Emily Bazelon and Rachel Poser spoke to dozens of current and former FBI employees about how the FBI has been transformed.

It's Wednesday, April 22nd.

Emily Bazelon, welcome to The Daily.

Thanks so much for having us.

Rachel Poser, first time on The Daily.

Welcome.

Thank you.