We Must Restore U.S. Agency for Global Media, Not Eliminate It

China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran received welcome news over the weekend when the Trump administration issued an executive order for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) “to be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”

Reforms at the USAGM are necessary, but entirely gutting the agency silences the voices of freedom-loving people around the world that have been oppressed by the Chinese Communist Party, Kim Jong-un, the Kremlin, the ayatollahs, and other repressive regimes dating back to the mid-20th century.

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China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran received welcome news over the weekend when the Trump administration issued an executive order for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) “to be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”

Reforms at the USAGM are necessary, but entirely gutting the agency silences the voices of freedom-loving people around the world that have been oppressed by the Chinese Communist Party, Kim Jong-un, the Kremlin, the ayatollahs, and other repressive regimes dating back to the mid-20th century.