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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!WASHINGTON -- The embattled head of NPR laid out the case today for rejecting Republican lawmakers' efforts to end federal funding for public broadcasting, even while acknowledging that the network had a "perception" problem for its poor handling of the firing of commentator Juan Williams and other missteps. Five months after the controversial sacking of the Fox News regular, NPR President and CEO Vivian Schiller admitted executives acted too hastily. In January, the Williams fiasco claimed the head of NPR news, Ellen Weiss, and stripped Schiller of her 2010 bonus. Days later, a rattled NPR ...
The Washington Area Women's Foundation has a mission: To attract "guys who get it" to join the women who have already become "that woman" -- the person whose philanthropic work makes a difference in the lives of other women. The Foundation provides financial support to help women and girls create financially stable lives, and encouraging women to become "that woman" and men to become "guys who get it" were the themes of this year's fall meeting. ...
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