At times, President Trump's senior adviser Kari Lake has said she wants to shut down Voice of America, arguing it is rife with ideological bias and waste . Now, Lake says she'll keep the federally funded international network staffed at levels above those required by the law.

In her view, spelled out to Congress earlier this week , that means two people apiece to run foreign language services for Afghanistan, China and Iran and 11 people for Voice of America itself. The sister network that broadcasts to Cuba would retain 33 staffers.

In all, Lake envisions the agency that encompasses the international broadcasters with 81 people after mid-August — a sliver of the 1,300 she first put on paid leave in March. Lake says she is taking the actions to comply with Trump's March executi

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