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Found this ... http://www.al-bab.com/media/alhurra.htm

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Last paragraph at link on alhurra ... In 2009, under the Obama administration, Congress provided a further $112 million for al-Hurra, bringing the total up to $650 million. Around the same time, Brian Conniff, president of the Middle East Broadcasting Network which controls al-Hurra, argued that programme quality had improved. “Our audience has steadily grown and we are starting to hit our stride," he said.