Committee to Protect Journalistss urges Obama to re-establish U.S. as a “resolute defender of media freedom at this time of growing repression, censorship, and attacks on journalists around the world”
Presidential Transition Team
Washington, DC 20270
January 12, 2009
Dear President-elect Obama:
I am writing as chairman of the Committee to Protect Journalists to seek your leadership in reaffirming America’s role as a staunch defender of press freedom throughout the world. Journalists in many countries who risk their lives and liberty upholding the values of free expression look to the United States for support.