[bestbits] [governance] US Support for Multistakeholder Governance is Conditional on US Remaining in Control

[Mueller, Milton L]

No quite accurate. 
He was asked whether the US Congress would support changing the jurisdiction of ICANN. 
He said no. 

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> At a meeting with civil society actors, Larry Strickling of the US NTIA was
> asked by my colleague Padmini whether the US Congress would support the
> multistakeholder model if ICANN's jurisdiction were to shift.
> 
> He said that it wouldn't.
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