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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “77% of our kids can't qualify for military service.”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Fixing America's Food System - Robert Irvine

Published | Video Starts at 01:26

It's the biggest budget item in the federal government, and it's also the fastest growing cost. It's existential for our country. 77% of our kids can't qualify for military service. And that should get everybody's attention. But also just the costs are ruinous. 40 cents out of every taxpayer dollar that we give to the federal government is going to treat diseases that are diet related. (01:26–01:33)

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