{"id":279054,"date":"2025-09-17T18:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/i-was-fired-for-holding-the-line-ousted-cdc-director-testifies-about-rfk-jr-dismissing-her\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:05:05","slug":"i-was-fired-for-holding-the-line-ousted-cdc-director-testifies-about-rfk-jr-dismissing-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/i-was-fired-for-holding-the-line-ousted-cdc-director-testifies-about-rfk-jr-dismissing-her\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I was fired for holding the line\u2019: Ousted CDC director testifies about RFK Jr. dismissing her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/ODb97t2xcwo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018I was fired for holding the line\u2019: Ousted CDC director testifies about RFK Jr. dismissing her\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ODb97t2xcwo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Susan Monarez makes her opening statement before members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill.  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