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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

CNN

News

3.6857 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Secretary of Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces a massive 10,000 jobs cut at the department he oversees, calling it a "win-win" for Americans. Plus, Kennedy's boss slaps a 25% tariff on all imported cars andcar parts, meaning you'll be paying thousands of dollars more.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Happening now, breaking news.

0:05.0

10,000 jobs cut at the Department of Health and Human Services.

0:09.0

Secretary Robert of Kennedy Jr. says this is a, quote, win-win for Americans.

0:14.0

Plus, escalating trade war.

0:17.0

President Trump's slapping a 25% tariff on all imported cars and car parts, meaning you'll be paying thousands of dollars more.

0:26.7

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

0:30.5

Pamela Brown is off today.

0:32.2

I'm Wolf Fletzer. You're in the Situation Room.

0:42.3

Thank you. You're in the situation room. This is CNN breaking news.

0:45.0

And we begin with the breaking news.

0:46.7

The Health and Human Services Secretary Robert of Kennedy Jr.

0:49.8

is announcing that his department will be cutting 10,000 jobs.

0:54.6

Let's go live to our medical correspondent Meg Terrell right now.

0:57.9

So Meg, what more are you learning about these cuts?

1:02.0

Well, if they're sizable, on top of the 10,000 new jobs they're cutting as part of this massive restructuring,

1:09.0

there already have been 10,000 employees, they say,

1:11.6

who voluntarily departed the Health of Human Services Department. And so together, that reduces

1:16.9

the size to 62,000 employees. That's about a quarter of employees in the health department,

1:22.4

gone. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. saying in the statement from the agency this morning,

1:26.9

quote, we aren't just reducing bureaucratic sprawl. We're aligning the organization with its core mission

1:31.7

and our new priorities and reversing the chronic disease epidemic. This department will do more,

1:36.5

a lot more, he says, at a lower cost to the taxpayer. They estimated it'll save $1.8 billion

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