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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...

VOA, Radio Free Asia get editors back post-Trump but worry about damage Issued on: 26/01/2021 - 02:12 2 min Washington (AFP) Voice of America and Radio Free Asia are getting back experienced editors who were shoved aside by Donald Trumps appointees as the outlets say they hope the tumult will not tarnish their credibility. Michael Pack, a producer of conservative films whom Trump tapped to head the agency that oversees taxpayer-supported media, resigned hours after President Joe Biden was swo...

The Biden administration continued its swift sweep of the leadership at the Voice of America and its parent agency on Thursday. It pushed out VOA's

Happy prof. news, Im back to cover the WH for @voanews. My reassignment on Jan. 11 after I pushed to question Mike Pompeo on the Capitol riots has been canceled, following the change of leadership in @USAGMgov, incl. VOA Dir. Robert Reilly & Dep. Dir. Elizabeth Robbins. The agency had a chaotic four years under former President Trump ADVERTISEMENT That pushback came to a head earlier this month when some reporters protested the live broadcast of a speech by Pompeo at the outlet’s headquarter...

English By Jessica Jerreat Share on Facebook WASHINGTON - Moving swiftly on her first day as acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, journalist Kelu Chao oversaw the removal of the top executive at the Voice of America, reversing a widely criticized appointment by her Trump-appointed predecessor, Michael Pack. Robert Reilly, whom Pack appointed as director of Voice of America in December, was removed along with his deputy, Elizabeth Robbin...

12:00 Joe Biden has officially become the 46th president of the United States. Biden took the oath of office just before noon Wednesday during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. The presidential oath was administered by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. Biden was sworn in using a Bible that has been in his family since 1893 and was used during his swearing-in as vice president in 2009 and 2013. The 5-inch thick Bible, which could be seen on a table next to Biden’s chair on the dais...

Michael Pack, a Trump appointee who sought to remake the Voice of America and other government-funded overseas news agencies, resigned on Wednesday, bringing an end to a short and tumultuous tenure.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted a countdown to the 2024 presidential election on Thursday, President Biden’s first full day in office.1,384 days

Controversial head of Voice of America resigns hours after President Biden takes office Paul Farhi Updated 11:34 p.m. Michael Pack, a Trump appointee who sought to remake the Voice of America and other government-funded overseas news agencies, resigned on Wednesday, bringing an end to a short and tumultuous tenure. Pack quit a few hours after President Biden took office and less than eight months into his three-year term as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Medi...