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U.S. government institutions tasked with strategic communications have lacked the leadership and resources necessary to do their job and have operated with virtually no inter agency coordination.
U.S. international broadcasting, and in particular Voice ofAmerica, is needed now more than ever. In its annual report onpress freedom, Freedom House described the past year as one of"global decline." Of a total of 64 countries surveyed, one-thirdhad a press that was "not free." Consequently, U.S. broadcastingmust continue to serve as the lifeline of freedom in these regions,provide uncensored news, explain U.S. foreign policy, and tellAmerica's story.
U.S. government institutions tasked with strategic communicationshave lacked the leadership and resources necessary to do their joband have operated with virtually no interagency coordination.Congress and the President should create an institutional frameworkand strategy that includes a new U.S. Agency for StrategicCommunications, substantial reforms of the Department of State, andgreater utilization of the Pentagon's combatant commands.