The board, according to a memo obtained by the New York Times, accused the state department of acting illegally by cancelling awards already approved for professors and researchers due to travel overseas this summer, following a year-long selection process that concluded over the winter.
The administration is also reviewing applications from approximately 1,200 foreign scholars already approved to study in the US,
The public diplomacy office is headed by Darren Beattie, a political appointee previously dismissed from the first administration after speaking at a conference attended by white nationalists.
Just like some of the places I worked: independent thought will be punished. conforming thought will be encouraged.
Steve