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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is resisting the pleas of State Department officials to spend nearly $80 million allocated by Congress for fighting terrorist propaganda and Russian disinformation.
It is highly unusual for a Cabinet secretary to turn down money for his department. But more than five months into his tenure, Tillerson has not issued a simple request for the money earmarked for the State Departments Global Engagement Center, $60 million of which is now parked at the Pentagon. Another $19.8 million sits untouched at the State Department as Tillersons aides reject calls from career diplomats and members of Congress to put the money to work against Americas adversaries.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/02/tillerson-isis-russia-propaganda-241218
Don't worry.
D.U.ERS WILL COUNTER RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA, ASSHOLE.
Thats why they knocked us down election night.
pansypoo53219
(21,509 posts)orangecrush
(21,051 posts)Beyond the pale.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,736 posts)orangecrush
(21,051 posts)Initech
(101,129 posts)orangecrush
(21,051 posts)The BBC in WW2 countered Nazi propaganda by always doing factual reporting, even if the Allies were losing battles.
Soon, the Germans realized if they wanted the truth, they needed to listen to BBC, not German State radio.