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The Voice of America (VOA) is the official external broadcast institution of the United States federal government. The VOA provides programming for broadcast on radio, TV, and the Internet outside of the U.S., in English and some foreign languages. A 1976 law signed by President Gerald Ford requires the VOA to "serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=VOA Charter )〕 The VOA Charter states: "VOA news will be accurate, objective and comprehensive."〔 The Voice of America headquarters is located at 330 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20237, U.S. The Voice of America is fully funded by the U.S. government. The United States Congress appropriates funds for it annually under the same budget for embassies and consulates. VOA radio and television broadcasts are distributed by satellite, cable and on FM, AM, and shortwave radio frequencies. They are streamed on individual language service websites, social media sites and mobile platforms. The VOA has affiliate and contract agreements with radio and television stations and cable networks worldwide. Some scholars and commentators consider the Voice of America to be a form of propaganda, although this label is disputed by others.〔〔 ==Current languages== The Voice of America website has five English language broadcasts as of 2014 (Worldwide, Special English, Cambodia, Zimbabwe and Tibet). Additionally, the VOA website has versions in 41 foreign languages (Radio programs marked with an asterisk; TV programs with a plus symbol): *Afan Oromo * *Albanian * + *Amharic * *Armenian + *Azerbaijani + *Bengali * + *Bosnian + *Burmese * + *Cantonese * + *Chinese * + *Dari Persian * + *French * + *Georgian * *Haitian Creole * *Hausa * *Indonesian * + *Khmer * + *Kinyarwanda * *Kirundi * *Korean * *Kurdish * *Lao * *Macedonian + *Ndebele * *Pashto + *Pilipino * *Persian * + *Portuguese * *Russian + *Serbian + *Shona * *Somali * *Spanish * + *Swahili * *Thai * *Tibetan * + *Tigrinya * *Turkish + *Ukrainian + *Urdu * + *Uzbek * + *Vietnamese * + The number of languages varies according to the priorities of the United States Government and the world situation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FAQs, How do you make decisions to cut or add languages or programs? )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Voice of America」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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