I am pleased to join Senator BIDEN as an original cosponsor of the attached bill that mandates the creation of Radio Free Asia [RFA]. This is an important piece of legislation because it will provide radio broadcasting and programs to over 1.5 billion people in Asia that currently live under Communist or authoritarian regimes. RFA symbolizes Americas opposition to countries that fail to respect human rights and that seek to close their borders to the outside world. These regimes are xenophobic. repressive. and often pose a serious threat to other states in the region. It is precisely this destabilizing paranoia and introverted behavior that creates the need for RFA. Dictatorships. and not democratic states. pose an external threat to their neighbors.
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Communist regimes are described as xenophobic, repressive, and a threat.