Annette Lantos pleads with Broadcasting Board of Governors to save Voice of America broadcasts

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Annette Lantos, the wife of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, has joined efforts to oppose the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) proposals to cut Voice of America (VOA) services, the independent, nongovernmental Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting reported today on its website www.cusib.org. Mrs. Lantos’s April 4, 2012 letter to the BBG begins: “I write [...]

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Broadcasting Board of Governors – We Know Who The Enemy Is – Part I

Mar 14, 2012 2 Comments by

by The Federalist It certainly isn’t BBG Watch. And it isn’t the Committee on US International Broadcasting (CUSIB). One would get a different impression from snarky comments offered by some who blog from inside the Cohen Building. In our view, the “enemy” is the Board – or more pointedly, the bonus-mongers and self-interested members of [...]

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CUSIB Joins Efforts to Free Gao Zhisheng, Defends VOA Broadcasts

Mar 12, 2012 Comments Off by

A press release issued by the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) defends Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts to China and Tibet to counter the lack of press freedom and massive abuses of human rights by the Chinese communist regime.   March 12, 2011 For Immediate Release CUSIB Joins Efforts to Free Gao Zhisheng On [...]

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Open Letter to Members of House Appropriations Committee on Silencing of America’s Overseas Broadcasts

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The independent, nongovernmental Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has released an Open Letter to Members of House Appropriations Committee on silencing of America’s broadcasts to Tibet, China, Chechnya and other nations without free media. Most of these cuts and reductions ordered by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) affect the Voice of America (VOA) [...]

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CUSIB Submits Open Letter to House Appropriations Committee in Defense of Broadcasting to Tibet and China

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March 7, 2012 CUSIB Submits Open Letter to House Appropriations Committee in Defense of Broadcasting to Tibet and China The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has submitted an open letter to the United States Congress House Appropriations Committee requesting strong support to restore funding in the FY2013 Budget for Voice of America (VOA) radio and [...]

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