The Trump administration ousted members of the board that would hire Kari Lake to head up the Voice of America, potentially easing her appointment to the long-troubled international broadcasting agency.
Meanwhile, there is still no date set for a Senate committee confirmation hearing for L. Brent Bozell III to be chief of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the parent agency of VOA.
President Donald Trump set out to push ambitious reforms for the long-troubled international broadcasting agencies. The USAGM is the parent agency of VOA.
Bozell requires Senate approval. Lake, Trump’s choice to run Voice of America, would be hired by the International Broadcasting Advisory Board, members of which require Senate approval. The Office of Personnel Management notified board members of their removal in late January, a Wall Street Journal reporter first noted.
