East-West Center Gets $1 Million Boost

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Honolulu’s East-West Center faced criticism in Congress last month when a House committee voted to terminate funding for the facility. 

The center announced this week that it is getting a boost in the form of a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan. The money will help cover three years of costs in a journalist exchange program with Pakistan.

Read more about the center’s Pakistan-U.S. Journalists Exchange.

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