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To: Spirit of Liberty

Doesn’t the State Department run VOA?


5,515 posted on 01/11/2021 12:46:15 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

VOA is part of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the government agency that oversees all non-military, U.S. international broadcasting. It is funded by the U.S. Congress.

Not sure what department it actually falls under, if any.


5,528 posted on 01/11/2021 12:58:09 PM PST by Spirit of Liberty (It's morning in America again!)
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To: dfwgator

From Wikipedia:

Voice of America has been a part of several agencies. From its founding in 1942 to 1945, it was part of the Office of War Information, and then from 1945 to 1953 as a function of the State Department. VOA was placed under the U.S. Information Agency in 1953. When the USIA was abolished in 1999, VOA was placed under the Broadcasting Board of Governors, or BBG, which is an autonomous U.S. government agency, with bipartisan membership. The Secretary of State has a seat on the BBG. The BBG was established as a buffer to protect VOA and other U.S.-sponsored, non-military, international broadcasters from political interference. It replaced the Board for International Broadcasting (BIB) that oversaw the funding and operation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a branch of VOA.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America


5,530 posted on 01/11/2021 1:02:51 PM PST by Spirit of Liberty (It's morning in America again!)
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