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The intial actions by the new administration are not encouraging. The problem with first impressions is that you only get to make one. With startling speed, President Joe Biden and his administration have demonstrated to the world that they will be a sequel to the Obama administration on foreign policy, just without the charismatic front man: weak, weak, weak. The Trump administration had refused to extend the flawed New START nuclear treaty with Russia without significant improvements. Rus...

Tochinoumi, who was the oldest living yokozuna, died Friday from a type of lung infection known as aspiration pneumonia at the age of 82, a Japan Sumo Association official said. Tochinoumi, whose real name was Shigehiro Hanada, made his sumo debut in 1955 and was ... Football Jan 29, 2021 After Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II said the team couldnt afford to keep Ben Roethlisberger at his contracted salary-cap hit for 2021, the star quarterback stated a willingne...

SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: Theres been so much controversy at the Voice of America and its parent agency that its easy to forget the human toll - executives fired, reporters investigated, reputations shattered - all part of an ideological civil war begun by former President Trumps appointee to the agency. NPRs David Folkenflik reports. DAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: The U.S. Agency for Global Media oversees the Voice of America and other federally funded international broadcasters. Last Monday, just two ...

at 7:00 am NPR One way to understand the capricious nature of life at Voice of America and its federal parent agency over the last seven months would have been to witness two men standing across a foosball table from each other, twisting knobs and shouting in the empty cubicles of the Spanish-language service. Every day last summer, a senior agency adviser, Dan Hanlon, and an aide spent hours playing in offices abandoned for the pandemic. Their new CEO, Michael Pack, had side...

Liz DyeJanuary 26, 2021 02:34 PM Michael Pack - Wikimedia Commons Just moments after being sworn in, President Joe Biden demanded the resignation of Michael Pack, the Bannon ally Trump dispatched to the United States Agency for Global Media, the parent agency of Voice of America and our other international radio networks, with the mission of murdering them dead. And not a moment too soon! During Packs disastrous tenure, he systematically gutted the senior leadership, tore down the firewall pro...

U.S. Agency for Global Media hide caption toggle caption U.S. Agency for Global Media Former CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media Michael Pack was appointed by President Trump. During his time with the agency, Pack waged ideological warfare on his own agency, targeting his executives and staffers with investigations. U.S. Agency for Global Media One way to understand the capricious nature of life at Voice of America and its federal parent agency over the l...

Michael A. McCoy for NPR   Update your browser or Flash plugin One way to understand the capricious nature of life at Voice of America and its federal parent agency over the last seven months would have been to witness two men standing across a foosball table from each other, twisting knobs and shouting in the empty cubicles of the Spanish-language service. Every day last summer, a senior agency adviser, Dan Hanlon, and an aide spent hours playing in offices abandoned for the pandemic. The...

The controversial former head of the U.S.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Sunday installed new heads of three federally funded international broadcasters after abruptly firing Donald Trump-appointees at the U.S. Agency for Global Media.

The acting chief of the U.S. Agency for Global Media has fired the leaders of multiple federally funded news outlets as part of the Biden administrations sweeping effort to clear the agency of allies of former President Donald Trump. The acting chief, Kelu Chao, fired the heads of Radio