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Author Topic: VOA Brings Back Farsi Speaking Staff  (Read 405 times)

Offline Molvania Poacher

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Offline BoomboxDX

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Re: VOA Brings Back Farsi Speaking Staff
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2025, 0651 UTC »
Too bad it took a war to wake up the government to the importance of a radio service like VOA.

But it's better than not waking up to its importance at all.
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Offline radioartisan

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Re: VOA Brings Back Farsi Speaking Staff
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2025, 1407 UTC »
It's amazing.  It's like all these "useless"/"corrupt"/"inefficient"/"broken" government services that are being shutdown served some purpose or had some critical mission.  Who would have known?  ::)
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Offline Molvania Poacher

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Online Ct Yankee

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Re: VOA Brings Back Farsi Speaking Staff
« Reply #4 on: Today at 16:54 »
Not so fast with those Farsi speakers, Poacher.  😬
Time to crank up the Radio Molvania Subterranean Service to get these people back to work and the news out.  You are bunker bomb proof at Monadnock, no?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrx0e98peeo
« Last Edit: Today at 17:06 by Ct Yankee »
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