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JL;DR SUMMARY The article discusses President Trump's executive order to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which manages independent news services like Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ChinaRussiaVoice Of AmericaPress FreedomPresident TrumpVisa IssuesSoft PowerAmerican ValuesGlobal MediaUsagm

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United States
"An awesome decision was one reaction to President Trumps executive order to dismantle the US Agency for Global Media, which oversees American independent news outlets like Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting."
Russian Federation
"That comment, though, came from Margarita Simonyan, editor of Russias major state-controlled international propaganda network, RT."
China
"Similarly, Chinas Global Times, under the auspices of The Peoples Daily, which has long fumed over Voice of America reportage, expressed joy over the stations having been discarded like a dirty rag."
Myanmar
"Even currently, two VOA contributors are imprisoned in Myanmar and Vietnam and four contributors to Radio Free Asia are imprisoned in Vietnam."
Vietnam
"Even currently, two VOA contributors are imprisoned in Myanmar and Vietnam and four contributors to Radio Free Asia are imprisoned in Vietnam."
Belarus
"Russia, Belarus and Azerbaijan also reportedly have imprisoned journalists affiliated with the radios."
Azerbaijan
"Russia, Belarus and Azerbaijan also reportedly have imprisoned journalists affiliated with the radios."
United Kingdom
"A VOA employee who requested to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, told the British daily newspaper The Guardian that the abandonment of those who have worked for the radios reminds me of what happened to Afghan interpretersa reference to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 during the Biden administration that left Afghan interpreters for the US military stranded and in danger while trying to obtain special visas to escape to the US."
Afghanistan
"A VOA employee who requested to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, told the British daily newspaper The Guardian that the abandonment of those who have worked for the radios reminds me of what happened to Afghan interpretersa reference to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 during the Biden administration that left Afghan interpreters for the US military stranded and in danger while trying to obtain special visas to escape to the US."
Donetsk, Donechchyna, Ukraine
"Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev, who was captured by the Russians and spent 962 days in the Izolyatsia torture prison that Russia created in occupied Donetsk, posted on social media, after his release as part of a prisoner exchange, that he was tortured because of his having written for Radio Liberty."
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