For Immediate Release August 6, 2013 CUSIB Welcomes Ambassador Victor Ashe to Serve on Advisory Board The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) is delighted that former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Victor Ashe has agreed to serve on CUSIB’s Advisory Board. CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan stated: “We are honored to […]
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Victor Ashe: A Man of Decency and Effectiveness
Photo: Victor Ashe with Russian human rights leader Lyudmila Alexeeva and Radio Liberty reporter Kristina Gorelik. For Immediate Release August 4, 2013 The independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has released the following statement on the departure of former U.S. Ambassador Victor Ashe from his post at the Broadcasting Board of […]
Radio Free Asia reports on CUSIB's Jing Zhang's action against child trafficking in China
For Immediate Release August 4, 2013 Radio Free Asia reports on CUSIB’s Jing Zhang’s action against child trafficking in China As reported by Radio Free Asia (RFA), Americans are being made aware that some of the children brought to the United States for adoption from China have been forcefully taken away from […]
CUSIB Welcomes US Senate Confirmation of Three New BBG Members
For Immediate Release August 2, 2013 CUSIB Welcomes US Senate Confirmation of Three New BBG Members The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) congratulates Jeffrey Shell, Matthew C. Armstrong and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker upon their confirmation by the U.S. Senate to serve on the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). […]
CUSIB's Ted Lipien on domestic controversy over Smith-Mundt Modernization Act
Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Director Ted Lipien has published an op-ed in Digital Journal in which he argues that U.S. international broadcasts “should continue to serve America’s security interests and enrich media media freedom abroad, as the U.S. Congress intended and U.S. taxpayers wanted them to be.” Lipien expressed concern that the current controversy […]
CUSIB reposts S. Enders Wimbush's response to our Letter to the Editor of WSJ
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has received a response from former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member S. Enders Wimbush to our Letter to the Editor of The Wall Street Journal in response to his article “S. Enders Wimbush: The Fading Voice of Liberty,” WSJ, July 18, 2013. CUSIB is an organization […]
CUSIB's Jing Zhang focusing attention on missing children in China, need for RFA and VOA broadcasts
CUSIB’s Jing Zhang focusing attention on missing children in China, need for RFA and VOA broadcasts July 23, 2013 The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) members are involved in many pro-human rights activities in addition to supporting and promoting media freedom abroad and media outreach from the United States to nations […]
Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Rejects Recommendations in S. Enders Wimbush’s WSJ Op-Ed
Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Rejects Recommendations in S. Enders Wimbush’s WSJ Op-Ed As directors of a non-partisan, non-profit and independent citizen watchdog group (CUSIB – cusib.org) for U.S. international broadcasting, we agree with S. Enders Wimbush that radical reforms are needed (“S. Enders Wimbush: The Fading Voice of Liberty, WSJ, July 18, 2013), but […]
CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: "Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency 'Defunct'," Disappointed in Witness Testimony
CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: “Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency ‘Defunct’,” Disappointed in Witness Testimony The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has released the following statement: Rather than galvanizing the House of Representatives, there was no consensus among the three witnesses who testified on June 26, 2013 before the U.S. Congress about how to achieve […]
CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: "Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency 'Defunct'," Disappointed in Witness Testimony
CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: “Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency ‘Defunct’,” Disappointed in Witness Testimony The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has released the following statement: Rather than galvanizing the House of Representatives, there was no consensus among the three witnesses who testified on June 26, 2013 before the U.S. Congress about how to achieve […]