U.S. Department of State
Jennifer Parker Stout, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Jennifer Parker Stout is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The following is excerpted from the April 6, 2011, House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing “Is America’s Overseas Broadcasting Undermining Our National Interest and Undermining the Fight Against Tyrannical Regime?.” We at the State Department very much appreciate Congress’s longstanding interest in what we do to engage and inform, and influence the Chinese public through a variety of means. In this endeavor we do face many hurdles. Within China, we function in a highly controlled information environment often with no option but…
