we're a generallistic organization, and funded by the u.s. government, but we're not the government's mouthpiece, and we're not a propaganda organization. we use a variety of different programs to accomplish our objectives. as i described al hora is tv, and they reach the audience in the middle east. >> host: what's the budget, how many employees, and where are you based? >> guest: it's a diverse organization, the budget is $110 million including for two tv stations. there's the al hora pan arab channel addressing 2 # countries throughout the arabic speaking middle east, and there's the iraq station, targeted to iraq and its content and personnel, and then there's affiliates or stations that broadcast in those countries allowed to have an fm transmitter. in addition, we have a robust website and social media organization, so we consider ourselves truly multimedia and that's the direction we want to go. >> host: what's your reach? >> guest: well, it depends on how you define reach, but the aircraft speaking middle east consists of 3 million pe