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In the middle of his discussion, he threw in mention of President Obama, although he did not specify what he thought Obama and Somalis have in common.
The president was responding to a question about the previous day when he also rambled for several minutes about Somalis.
These aren't people that say, let's go, come on, let's make this place great.
The two days of remarks, so far, began when a reporter asked about a fraud investigation in Minnesota where some Somalis, among others, were convicted of defrauding social service programs.
Now an investigation criticizes the way that Hegseth shared highly sensitive attack plans for airstrikes against Yemen back in March.
That was the attack that Hegseth discussed in a group chat that included the journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic.
Some other news now.
Vaccine advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meet today and tomorrow.
They're expected to question how pediatricians vaccinate children for more than a dozen diseases.
NPR health correspondent Ping Huan is with us now to tell us more about it.
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