‘Wnited States Senate April 8, 2011 ‘The Honorable Hillary Clinton Secretary of State U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520 Dear Secretary Clinton: | appreciated the opportunity to discuss with you our international broadcasting efforts at our budget hearing in March where you mentioned the important role the new Broadcasting Board of Governors was playing in re-shaping our Internet, radio and television efforts to connect with oppressed peoples around the world, Based on that, I wanted to take this opportunity to send to you a follow-up Committee report that details our nation’s public diplomacy and broadcasting efforts with China — perhaps the country with whom we have the zreatest concem in these matters, especially given its blocking and censoring of the Internet. It was as a result of many of the findings in this report that I wrote to you on January 31, 2011, urging the State Department to shift funding — at least $8 million —to the BBG in order to foster greater advances in Internet Censorship Circumvention Technology. No doubt, the Department and USAID have significant functions to play in providing training related to this issue. However, when it comes to fechnology, given their daily struggles with China, Iran, Belarus, Syria, Venezuela and other closed societies, the BBG is our government’s leading expert on getting through electronic firewalls. It seems that both the House and Senate have agreed with this thinking and have urged the Department to transfer even more money than my earlier letter suggested, However, it appears that in spite of this high degree of Congressional interest, the Department has apparently failed to follow this lead. Should Congress take more remedial, legislative action? Sincers Ay Richard G. Lugar United States Senator RGLipfk Enclosure