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The Hill: Pompeo accused of politicizing VOA in speech calling for press freedom Pompeo accused of politicizing VOA in speech calling for press freedom This article features our Senior Counsel David Seide and was originally published here. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo set off alarms among ethics experts and whistleblowers this week when he leaned into his criticism of Voice of America (VOA) during a speech broadcast live by the government-funded media outlet. Even before Pompeo stepped into VOA headquarters on Monday, there had been concerns he was trying to politicize the outlet. Repor...

Voice of America: VOA Director Reassigns White House Correspondent VOA Director Reassigns White House Correspondent This article features our Senior Counsel David Seide and was originally published here. In a rebuke from Congress, U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks of New York and Michael McCaul of Texas chastised the heads of USAGM and Voice of America on Tuesday for reassigning a VOA White House correspondent. Patsy Widakuswara was told late Monday she is being reassigned, hours after the veteran reporter attempted to question Secretary of State Mike Pompeo following a speech he delivered a...

Voice of America reassigns White House reporter who tried to ask Mike Pompeo a question CNN 1/13/2021 By Nicole Gaouette, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN © Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool/Getty Images US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo prepares to testify before a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the State Departments 2021 budget in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. The Voice of America has effectively demoted a reporter who tried to ask questions of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after he delivered a speech praising American fre...

By Nicole Gaouette, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the Voice of America news service of

English By Jessica Jerreat Share on Facebook Print this page Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can download this video to view it offline. Download File Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday defended the leadership of the U.S. Agency for Global Media against criticisms that its CEO is trying to turn the news network into a propaganda tool.      In a speech delivered at the Washington headquarters of Voice of America, one of the USAGM networks, the outgoing secretary of state said the Tr...