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  • A Snub to Congress: Oversight of International Broadcasting Agency in Question

    With the hiring of new Chief Executive Officer Andy Lack, formerly of Bloomberg News, the Broadcasting Board of Governors has pulled an end-run around congressional efforts to reform and restore civilian U.S. international broadcasting. The hire was announced this week, the same week it became clear that reform legislation, H.R. 4490, which passed the House…
    Helle Dale
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  • ‘Big Green’ Lobby Wants to Cut 2 of 3 Forestry Oversight Branches

    Pay your protection money. Do the secret handshake. And kiss the ring. Otherwise, forget having green activists attach their environmental seal of approval to the wood products harvested from your forest. That’s essentially the message organizations such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace will be in a position to…
    Kevin Mooney
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