RICHARD A. BOUCHER


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Richard A. Boucher

We told members of the board of broadcast governors that we didn't think it was appropriate for the Voice of America to be broadcasting the voice of the Taliban into Afghanistan and we didn't think it was consistent with their charter... Its charter says that they should explain US government policy and present responsible discussion about it. We don't consider Mullah Omar to be responsible discussion.
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The Taliban were shielding Al Qaeda terrorist leader, Osama bin Laden, and would not turn him over to the United States. There was no reason that the State Department leadership felt that they should give a terrorist an Al Qaeda sympathizer a propaganda outlet in America. Others disagreed pointing to the law creating the Voice of America which required broadcasting the News and such a policy statement was news. See {583401}." OECD

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Richard A. Boucher (born 1951 in Bethesda, Maryland) is an American diplomat who was deputy secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 2009 until 2013. He took up post on November 5, 2009. Prior to joining OECD, he was the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, a post he took up on February 21, 2006. The Bureau of South Asian Affairs was expanded to include the nations of Central Asia shortly before his confirmation.