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Op-Ed: Strange and Incomprehensible Actions of the Broadcasting Board of Governors

Op-Ed: Strange and Incomprehensible Actions of the Broadcasting Board of Governors A Guest Commentary from Canada by Edite Lynch It has become worldwide knowledge that American President Barack Obama, in a sit-down chat with Prime Minister Medvedev of Russia, categorically …

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Victor Ashe offers his email address for public comments on U.S. international broadcasting

[caption id="attachment_14612" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Send an email to BBG member Victor Ashe"][/caption] Often referred to as a senior Republican member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Ambassador

PRNewswire – CUSIB Applauds Plea From Human Rights Campaigner Annette Lantos to Save Voice of America Broadcasts to China, Tibet and Russia

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U.S. public diplomacy chief Tara Sonenshine to visit the disappearing Voice of America

[caption id="attachment_14296" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Tara Sonenshine"][/caption] The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executives who have embarrassed the Obama Administration by their decision to

Broadcasting Board of Governors ignores Congress

A guest commentary by Edite Lynch “Purging” as it is being applied to what is happening to the Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts is a correct term because

Something rotten in the state of the BBG

A guest commentary by Edite Lynch The continued flow of information from people in the know concerning the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and concurrently the International Broadcasting

Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio appeals to Congress for protection from Obama Administration cut

A recently launched Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio website (www.savevoatibetanradio.com) and a Facebook page (

Obama, Clinton, Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi congratulate VOA on 70th anniversary amid severe cuts

[caption id="attachment_13781" align="aligncenter" width="435" caption="Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama congratulates the Voice of America (VOA) on its 70th anniversary, but the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the

Xi Jinping – an unlikely Gorbachev?

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): As China’s dauphin Xi Jinping met President Barack Obama at the White House today, a new survey revealed

Broadcasting Board of Governor’s policies blamed for fake Voice of America interview

[caption id="attachment_10408" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Snapshot of a VOA Russian Service blog under porn attack."][/caption] One can make a very good argument that going all web and eliminating Voice

Broadcasting Board of Governor's policies blamed for fake Voice of America interview

[caption id="attachment_10408" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Snapshot of a VOA Russian Service blog under porn attack."][/caption] One can make a very good argument that going all web and eliminating Voice

Blog: What US can’t accept in Belarus, it supports in Uzbekistan – CPJ

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Last week, President Obama signed into law a bill that expands sanctions against Belarus, whose authoritarian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko continues to

Havel’s moral leadership remains a beacon, Obama tells memorial tribute

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Václav Havel’s “peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and

Architects of BBG's failed China plan rewarded with new positions

Two Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) officials described by BBG Watch sources as chief architects of the failed BBG plan to end Voice of America (VOA) radio and TV broadcasts

Inherent limits to China’s soft power: Let 100 flowers bloom but ………… – NED

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): U.S. President Barack Obama sets off on his Asia tour amid growing speculation about the Unites States’ ability

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