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U.S. Broadcasting Affected by Obama Administration Culture of Intimidation
Pawel Supernak/EPA/Newscom The Obama Administration’s “culture of intimidation,” as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R–KY) has called it, has affected the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)....
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Benghazi Investigation Still Very Much Ongoing
Newscom Benghazi is back in the headlines with a vengeance as investigations continue on several congressional fronts: Representative Darrell Issa (R–CA) subpoenaed the State Department to deliver more...
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U.S. International Broadcasting and Public Diplomacy Should Be Bipartisan
Pawel Supernak/EPA/Newscom The news that the White House has sought to replace the only Republican currently serving on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), former U.S. ambassador to Poland...
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U.S. Embassy in Beirut Still a Security Risk
Lebanese protesters, shout slogans against the US (NABIL MOUNZER/EPA/Newscom) A new report by the State Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) on the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, indicates...
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Iran Clamps Down on Dissidents Before Election
Newscom In anticipation of Friday’s presidential election, Iran’s leadership has harshly cracked down on journalists, dissidents, and cyber activists, as well as members of their families. The regime...
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“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!”
US President Ronald Reagan speaks in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, June 12 1987 (Dieter Klar/picture-alliance / dpa/Newscom) Today, we celebrate the anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s...
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Scandal Du Jour at the State Department
Newscom Another day, another State Department scandal. This time, allegations of sexual misconduct have surfaced against U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Howard Gutman. On top of that, high-level officials...
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Iran: Another “Moderate” Leader?
Iran’s new-elected President Hassan Rouhani (Maryam Rahmanian/UPI/Newscom) Iran has yet again elected a “moderate leader,” so news reports are telling us. How many times have we heard this before? The...
View ArticleAmerican Betrayal: How Enemies Within Harm the U.S.
The topic of a recent Heritage event on American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character, by noted author and columnist Diana West, was nothing less than a startling rewriting of...
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Obama in Berlin: No Ronald Reagan
face to face/ZUMA Press/Newscom President Obama’s speech today, June 19, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin inevitably invites comparisons with the speech given by President Ronald Reagan on June 12,...
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Benghazi: Military Commanders Face Questioning
The laundry room at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Photo: MCT/Newscom) On Wednesday at 9 a.m., Members of Congress will once more try to pry answers from U.S. military leaders regarding the...
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U.S. International Broadcasting “Defunct”—Congress Finally Steps In
Newscom Last Wednesday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) tackled an issue long overdue for congressional oversight—the state of affairs at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). The title...
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How Many “Friends” Does the State Department Really Have?
A new State Department inspector general’s report accuses State of buying friends—or, more precisely, boosting its “likes” on Facebook to up to 2 million—by spending taxpayer dollars on Internet...
View ArticleEdward Snowden and His Friends
Edward Snowden, the self-glamorizing leaker of National Security Agency secret programs, is still holed up in an airport in Moscow, where he’s been stuck for two weeks. The United States has warned...
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Benghazi Scandal Haunts Nuland Nomination
Benghazi continues to haunt the Obama Administration. As demonstrated yesterday, Victoria Nuland, the nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs and former State Department...
View ArticleU.S. International Broadcasting Finally Accessible for Americans
This month, Americans finally got the opportunity to watch and listen to news programming that the U.S. government has been broadcasting to the rest of the world for decades. This is a good thing....
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Halt the Senate Rush to Fill Dysfunctional Broadcasting Board
Newscom An untimely rush is on in the Senate to fill board positions in one of the government’s most dysfunctional agencies, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). Perpetuating non-functioning...
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Benghazi: The Scandal That Won’t Go Away
AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/GettyImages/Newscom Rumors of the disappearance of the Benghazi scandal are vastly premature. This week, Special Forces veterans gathered on Capitol Hill to unveil a 60-foot scroll of...
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Embassy Closings Reflect Benghazi Failure
Newscom The closing of 21 U.S. embassies throughout the Middle East grows out of the September 11, 2012, Benghazi attack in at least two ways: The failure of the Obama Administration to retaliate in...
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War of Tweets: The State Department Takes on Islamists
Newscom Twitter and other social media are the new battle ground in the war of ideas between Islamist radicals and the U.S. State Department. Since July 17, Islamist tweeters and the State Department’s...
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