President Biden’s nomination of Amanda Bennett to run the U.S. Agency on Global Media that oversees U.S.-funded media outlets including Voice of America and Radio Free Europe has come under fire on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Michael T. McCaul of Texas, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Ms. Bennett’s background has not been thoroughly vetted and he called on her to answer more questions about her previous stint at Voice of America.
Mr. McCaul said that several issues were not addressed at Ms. Bennett’s confirmation hearing Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and asked to submit questions for the record before the confirmation proceeds.