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JUL 28, 2010
Peace Corps Needs Senator Mikulski Tomorrow
The Huffington Post (blog)
There is a lot of talk on Capitol Hill about "smart power" and "soft power" but when it comes to funding programs like the Peace Corps, lawmakers hesitate, or they do not understand how an extra $10 or $20 million dollars is transformative...
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JUL 19, 2010
Updating Smith-Mundt for the 21st Century
The Heritage Foundation (blog)
Since 1948, Cold War legislation has been tying the hands of practitioners of U.S. public diplomacy and international broadcasting. The law in question is the Smith-Mundt Act, which was intended to allow the State Department to counter Soviet propaganda in foreign media...
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JUL 15, 2010
Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2010
MountainRunner.us
On July 13, US Congressmen Mac Thornberry (TX-13) and Adam Smith (D-WA), both members of the House Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, introduced “The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2010” (H.R. 5729), a bipartisan bill to revise an outdated restriction that interferes with the United States’ diplomatic and military efforts.
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JUL 14, 2010
Tackling the Challenges of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
The Foundry
The new Broadcasting Board of Governors, announced on Friday by the Obama White House, have their work cut out for them.
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JUN 21, 2010
Alhurra’s Effectiveness, Expense Criticized in New Senate Report
ProPublica
Findings in a new U.S. Senate report that questions the effectiveness and costs of continuing Alhurra are leading to renewed calls for congressional hearings on the government-run satellite channel and the broadcasting agency that oversees its work.
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