George V. Allen, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, writes why Americans can't easily hear VOA in the United States and how effectiveness is measured.
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No, We Do Not Need to Revive the U.S. Information Agency – endnote edition
Lamenting the demise of USIA is really a coded acknowledgment that we lack a strategy, an organizing principle, and empowered individuals to execute information warfare today. For historians and fact checkers, find the footnotes here.
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R we there yet? A look at the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy (and Public Affairs)
A review of the tenures of the Under Secretary's for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs raises questions about the perceived role of the position by the White House and the State Department.
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Senator Edward Zorinsky and Banning Domestic Access to USIA in 1985
"The American taxpayer certainly does not need or want his tax dollars used to support U.S. Government propaganda directed at him or her." A quote always devoid of context and nearly always without reference. The whole of Senator Zorinsky's statement might change your perspective on the quote.