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Trump Administration Eliminates Most Staff Of Voice Of America, Other U.S.-Funded Broadcasters
Staffers for other U.S. funded broadcasters also were eliminated.
All told, 85% of the workforce has been eliminated since March, or 1,400 positions across the media outlets, according to an announcement from Kari Lake, the senior adviser tapped by Trump to make the cuts. Instead, Trump and Lake have turned to paring down the media outlets, even though they have in the past enjoyed bipartisan support in Congress for providing U.S.-backed news and information to other countries. Among those who received reduction in force notices on Friday were three of the plaintiffs, including Patsy Widakuswara, Washington bureau choef of VOA News.
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