ðə wˈɑːʃɪŋtən ɹᵻpˈoːɹt ɪz pˈʌblɪʃt baɪ ðɪ ɐmˈɛɹɪkən ˌɛdʒuːkˈeɪʃənəl tɹˈʌst ˌeɪˌiːtˈiː, ɐ nˈɑːnpɹˈɑːfɪt fˈaʊndᵻd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː ɪn wˈɑːʃɪŋtən, dˈiː.sˈiː. baɪ ˈɛdwɚd fˈɜːθ hˈɛndɚsən, fˈɔːɹmɚ bɹˈɪɾɪʃ ɐmbˈæsədɚ tə kˈæɾɑːɹ, ˈændɹuː kˈɪlɡoːɹ, hˌuː wʌz jˈuː.ˈɛs. ɐmbˈæsədɚ tə kˈæɾɑːɹ wɛn hiː ɹᵻtˈaɪɚd fɹʌmðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts fˈɔːɹən sˈɜːvɪs ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi, ænd ɹˈɪtʃɚd kˈɜːɾɪs, ɐ fˈɔːɹmɚ hˈɛd ʌvðɪ ˈæɹɐbˌɪk sˈɜːvɪs ʌvðə vˈɔɪs ʌv ɐmˈɛɹɪkə.
The Washington Report is published by the American Educational Trust (AET), a non-profit founded in 1982 in Washington, D.C. by Edward Firth Henderson, former British Ambassador to Qatar, Andrew Killgore, who was U.S. Ambassador to Qatar when he retired from the United States Foreign Service in 1980, and Richard Curtiss, a former head of the Arabic Service of the Voice of America.