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Washington Post
Dec. 7, 2003
Wrong Priorities
THEY PROVIDE what one Lithuanian politician calls "neutral, solid, Western programming" reflecting
Western values. They give an American point of view but are not generally regarded as propaganda. They have millions of listeners
across the new democracies of Eastern Europe as well as a long tradition. They cost, by U.S. budgetary standards, very little:
The overall funding, for 11 countries, is $11 million a year. Yet if congressional appropriators have their way, one of the
cheapest, most effective and most popular tools of U.S. public diplomacy -- the foreign language services of Radio Free Europe
-- will soon cease to exist. ...
Like the relatively low funding for the newer but equally effective services of Radio Free Asia, the cuts to Radio
Free Europe do not, therefore, really reflect a new administration push to control spending. Instead, they are yet another
example of the administration's poor choice of foreign policy priorities. ...
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