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"The [Buddhist] monks [in Tibet] listen secretly to

The entities – all the entities – function better as self-contained units, serving their respective missions and intended audiences. -- The Federalist

The entities – all the entities – function better as self-contained units, serving their respective missions and intended audiences. — The Federalist We could not agree more with

"If VOA constitutes communications essential to national security, privatization may not be feasible," - Deloitte

Today’s Pentagon budget must expend billions to cope with new Chinese weapons systems. But we can fund outlets of freedom like VOA and RFA that can eventually reduce

The latest BBG statement on threats to media freedom, while quite strong, ignores the detention of VOA correspondent in China earlier this year and is silent on violence

[caption id="attachment_10962" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Richard Gere testifying in Congress"][/caption]Richard Gere --

"How did they |monks in Tibet | know the new President would be meeting with their

[caption id="attachment_10962" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Richard Gere testifying in Congress"][/caption]Richard Gere --

"How did they |monks in Tibet | know the new President would be meeting with their

[caption id="attachment_10955" align="alignleft" width="113" caption="Jing Zhang, Women's Rights in China president"][/caption]Anonymous victim of China's forced sterilization policy --

This woman from a rural area insisted that her

[caption id="attachment_10955" align="alignleft" width="113" caption="Jing Zhang, Women's Rights in China president"][/caption]Anonymous victim of China's forced sterilization policy --

This woman from a rural area insisted that her

While cutting $8 million from the China branch, there will be an increase of $9 million for BBG and IBB management; while eliminating 45 core journalistic positions,

While cutting $8 million from the China branch, there will be an increase of $9 million for BBG and IBB management; while eliminating 45 core journalistic positions, the

BBG stands for the Broadcasting Board of Governors. But it could just as well mean "bottom of the barrel in government," wrote Washington Post columnist Joe Davidson in

Senator Tom Coburn --

BBG structure leads to no accountability, that is, each member of the Board is solely responsible for a certain area or type of