Voice of America brings back 50 staffers amid Iran-Israel conflict
Voice of America told more than 50 employees to come back to work immediately Friday amid escalating military action between Iran and Israel.
Most of the staffers restored from months-long administrative leave were from the Persian news division of the government-funded broadcaster.
The decision by the U.S. Agency for Global Media, VOA's parent agency, came after the Trump administration pledged to reduce VOA to its 'statutory minimum,' after it laid off more than 500 personal services contractors in May, and after USAGM senior adviser Kari Lake sent Congress a plan to terminate most of the 800 remaining employees. Lake did not respond to a request for comment Friday.
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