COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TOM LANTOS, California, Chairman HOWARD L. BERMAN, California DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California BRAD MILLER, North Carolina ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida ELTON GALLEGLY, California DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois EDWARD R. ROYCE, California STEVE CHABOT, Ohio THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado JEFF FLAKE, Arizona JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia MIKE PENCE, Indiana JOE WILSON, South Carolina J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska TED POE, Texas BOB INGLIS, South Carolina LUIS G. FORTUÑO, Puerto Rico GUS BILIRAKIS, Florida GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, Arizona RON KLEIN, Florida ROBERT R. KING, Staff Director YLEEM POBLETE, Republican Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York, Chairman HOWARD L. BERMAN, California DAVID SCOTT, Georgia JIM COSTA, California RON KLEIN, Florida BRAD SHERMAN, California ROBERT WEXLER, Florida ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas MIKE PENCE, Indiana JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia JOE WILSON, South Carolina J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska BOB INGLIS, South Carolina CONNIE MACK, Florida GUS BILIRAKIS, Florida DAVID ADAMS, Subcommittee Staff Director HOWARD DIAMOND, Subcommittee Professional Staff Member Mr. Jeremy Curtin, Coordinator, Bureau of International Information Pro- grams, U.S. Department of State Mr. Joaquin F. Blaya, Board Member, Broadcasting Board of Governors Mr. D. Jeffrey Hirschberg, Board Member, Broadcasting Board of Governors.. LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE HEARING The Honorable Gary L. Ackerman, a Representative in Congress from_the Mr. Jeremy Curtin, Mrs. Gretchen Welch, Mr. Thomas A. Farrell and Mrs. The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas: Prepared statement Jeffrey Grieco, Acting Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs, United States Agency for International Development: Statement Written responses from Mr. Jeremy Curtin to questions submitted for the |