Voice of America channels fall silent as Trump administration guts agency and cancels contracts
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CNN — The Voice of America may not live up to its ambitious name for much longer. Michael Abramowitz, the director of VOA, said in a Facebook post on Saturday that he was placed on leave, along with “virtually the entire staff” of 1,300. The announcement comes one day after President Trump signed an executive order to gut VOA’s parent agency. Some of VOA’s local-language radio stations have stopped broadcasting news reports and switched over to music to fill the airtime, according to
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