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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “The cost of the military right now of feeding soldiers $18 a…”

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

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And it's all fresh. There's no freezing. He told me that a fresh salmon costs $6 a filet, a frozen salmon cost $9. Why are we buying this frozen salmon? The military. The cost of the military right now of feeding soldiers $18 a day, he's doing it for $10 a day and feeding them real food. What Robert Irvine says, we don't need more money, we just need to be smarter. And that's what this administration is about. Americans receive. (16:52–17:02)

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Asserts that military food costs can be reduced from $18 to $10 per day with better food.

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