Sen. Menendez Issues Statement on Agency for Global Media Head Pack Firing Network Heads, Corporate Boards
June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on June 17 after Michael Pack, head the U.S. Agency for Global Media, fired all of the network heads and their corporate boards on his first week at the agency:
"As feared, Michael Pack has confirmed he is on a political mission to destroy the USAGM's independence and undermine its historic role. The wholesale firing of the . . .
"As feared, Michael Pack has confirmed he is on a political mission to destroy the USAGM's independence and undermine its historic role. The wholesale firing of the . . .