Four years ago, immediately upon taking office, President Joe Biden told the CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media to resign or be fired.
Biden’s request, which Michael Pack honored at 2 p.m. Jan. 20, 2021, demonstrated his administration’s urgency to reassert control over the federal agency that operates government-funded media outlets broadcasting internationally.
Pack, a documentary filmmaker and former president and CEO of the Claremont Institute, served only seven months in the role when Biden ordered him gone. Originally nominated by President Donald Trump in June 2018, Pack’s nomination lingered in the U.S. Senate. He was confirmed, 53-38, in June 2020.
Days into his second term, Trump already appears intent on moving quickly to refocus USAGM on its mission of promoting freedom and democracy around the world.
On Tuesday, he tapped L. Brent Bozell…
