NY Times -Senate
Republican leaders, under pressure from President Trump to install an
ally who would dictate more favorable news coverage of his
administration, are moving to swiftly confirm a conservative filmmaker
to lead the independent agency in charge of state-funded media outlets.
Senator
Jim Risch of Idaho, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee,
has scheduled a committee meeting next week to advance the long-stalled
nomination of Michael Pack, a close ally of Stephen K. Bannon’s and a favorite of conservative activists, to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
... Mr. Trump’s personal intervention to push through his favored nominee illustrates his determination to install a sympathetic figure at the parent agency of broadcasters, which includes the Voice of America, the largest American international broadcaster and one that has recently provoked his ire.
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