The Senate moved to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the global media agency that oversees the Voice of America
, a documentary filmmaker, would serve as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which also provides grants to overseas outlets like Radio Free Europe and Middle East Broadcasting Networks. The Senate voted 53-39 to end debate on his nomination, with Sen. Joe Manchin voting with Republicans. A final vote is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
On the Senate floor on Thursday, Menendez used charts to outline claims that Pack used donations from Public Media Lab, for his own benefit.“Given his alleged use of a small non profit for self-enrichment, can we trust that he will not use the massive resources of the U.S. government to line his own pockets?”But opponents to his nomination fear that Pack will bend to Trump’s wishes, as the president has been blistering in his criticism of Voice of America.
Trump has pushed Senate Republicans to move on Pack’s nomination, which has been lingering for two years.
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