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November 18, 2008

Senator Coburn requests copy of report critical of U.S. broadcasts in Arabic

Report suppressed since July


Alhurra studios.

Senator Tom Coburn (OK-R) sent a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) requesting un-redacted copies of studies said to be critical of taxpayer funded broadcasts in Arabic by Alhurra. The BBG is an independent agency that manages all U.S. international broadcasting including Alhurra, Voice of America, and Radio Free Asia.

The BBG has come under increased scrutiny due to a number of tax funded broadcasts providing unchallenged platforms to terrorists and other individuals hostile to U.S. policies (click here for examples and transcripts). The agency commissioned studies of its Arabic broadcasting in response, but it has so far refused to make the results public even though they were completed in July.



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Senator Tom Coburn

Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security

340 Dirksen Senate Office Building     Washington, DC 20510

Phone: 202-224-2254     Fax: 202-228-3796

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