By Ahmed Aboulenein

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. CDC Director Susan Monarez will tell a Senate panel on Wednesday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. required her to seek her own political staff’s approval for her policy and personnel decisions before ultimately firing her.

Monarez, who helmed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 29 days, was fired on August 27 after clashing with Kennedy over vaccine policy. She will tell the Senators that Kennedy told her he had spoken with the White House several times about having her removed, according to her prepared written testimony seen by Reuters.

A microbiologist and immunologist who has worked at various government agencies since 2006, Monarez was confirmed as CDC director on July 30, the first required to have Sen

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