In its overview, GAO said the Office of Cuba Broadcasting lacks a formal strategic plan to guide decision-making on its funding and operations, including a proposal to reduce TV Mart newscasts from two 30 minute evening programs to five minute news updates every half hour.
VOA: standard.2009.06.18
Television networks quickly made plans for additional coverage, expanding their evening news programs to an hour to cover the story.
The programs and spending to be announced by President Obama this evening have alternatives that involve removing barriers and allowing economic expansion.
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