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Victor Morales named acting USAGM CEO, Kari Lake says

Axios · last updated

Victor Morales has been named acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the body that oversees U.S. government-funded news organizations, according to an email to staff from new USAGM special advisor Kari Lake sent Monday night and obtained by Axios.

Why it matters: USAGM has wasted no time probing journalists at Voice of America, the largest U.S. international broadcaster, for what it says are possible violations of its social media rules.

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