Sentences with phrase «national campaign leadership»

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Last year the National Council of Churches (NCC) got a broad array of religious leadership types to sign on with a «Campaign to Take Commercialism Out of Christmas.»

She took leadership roles in both the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MSAWG), and the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, and served on executive committees for both coalitions.

Before opening her own firm, Bailey - Chapman held a number of public affairs and advocacy leadership positions including vice president of public affairs for Penn National Gaming, the country's second largest gaming company, where she oversaw a multi-state government affairs team and managed several local and statewide referenda campaign efforts.

Alongside national leadership by governments, as described above, the breastfeeding support charities, relevant royal colleges and other similar professional bodies, campaigning organisations and interested individuals can both amplify calls for change and help to bring it about by collaborating.

In 1992, in response to epidemiologic reports from Europe and Australia, the AAP recommended that infants be placed for sleep in a nonprone position as a strategy for reducing the risk of SIDS.9 The «Back to Sleep» campaign was initiated in 1994 under the leadership of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as a joint effort of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the AAP, the SIDS Alliance (now First Candle), and the Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs.10 The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development began conducting national surveys of infant care practices to evaluate the implementation of the AAP recommeNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development as a joint effort of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the AAP, the SIDS Alliance (now First Candle), and the Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs.10 The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development began conducting national surveys of infant care practices to evaluate the implementation of the AAP recommeNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development began conducting national surveys of infant care practices to evaluate the implementation of the AAP recommenational surveys of infant care practices to evaluate the implementation of the AAP recommendation.

The Central Regional NDC 2016 Elections Campaign Task Force under the leadership of Hon Cassiel Ato Forson was duly inaugurated by His Excellency the Vice President yesterday, ably assisted by two members of the National Campaign Team - Hon Faustina Nelson and Hon Kofi Adams.

The party's national executive committee meets today and is expected to vote down moves to change the leadership rules and discuss a review of the general election campaign.

As the campaign kicked off there was some debate as to how the «Shadow Shadow Cabinet» would deal with it — whether now the game was afoot they would feel obliged to call a truce with the Corbyn leadership and take part in the national battle.

A brilliant campaign waged by Alexis Tsipras and the leadership of Syriza united all those who want an end to austerity and to the national humiliation of living under the diktat of Brussels / Frankfurt and Washington.

At Labour's national executive yesterday, Ed Miliband failed to deliver on his leadership campaign promise to give members more say in policy making.

Given that the city region is a traditional Labour stronghold, Street's victory with a 50.6 per cent share of the vote (after the second round) was testament to the strength of his campaign, and to the strong emphasis the Conservative national leadership placed on supporting his bid.

The party's «air campaign» — national messages aimed at broadcasters — proved painfully frustrating as it dawned on the leadership that they were on course to be swallowed up by their coalition partners.

Brown must reject advice to stick to a winning formula and that the need to appeal to swing voters in super-marginal seats demands a «safety first» campaign, focusing on strong leadership and national security.

Jeremy Corbyn's official leadership campaign has blamed Labour MPs who tried to oust him «at a time of national crisis» for the party's dramatic poll slump.

(CNN)- An Arizona sheriff building a national profile stepped down Saturday from a state leadership position with Mitt Romney's presidential campaign after a newspaper published allegations that he threatened to deport a former boyfriend.

- Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's leadership PAC, Democrats Win Seats PAC, contributed $ 5,000 to Maffei's campaign.

The leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it will punish aspiring candidates who use this weekend's national delegate's conference to campaign.

Some of the members who spoke at the event, held at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, anticipated the same kind of criticism that the Sanders campaign has made of some other Washington - based leadership groups that have endorsed Clinton.

In response to James» question about the Labour leadership candidates — Ed Miliband campaigned for Simon Hughes to speak out & is encouraging his supporters to call on the Lib Dems to stand up for their values, David Miliband has suggested ending the charitable status of fee - paying schools and (one of those non-monetary aspects to reducing inequality) giving representation to ordinary workers on corporate remunertion committees, Ed Balls has strongly opposed the VAT rise and is calling for a graduate tax instead of higher tuition fees, Andy Burnham has reiterated his support for a National Care Service and spoken out on the abolition of the Future Jobs Fund, Diane Abbot has called for fair taxation, cancelling Trident, and setting a timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The party postponed the forum last week after consultation with the leadership of the NDC's national campaign team.

National Youth Organizer of CPP, Ernesto Yeboah, in an interview with Citi FM said the leadership of the CPP, decided to peg the amount up because they needed to gather all the resources needed for an effective campaign in 2016.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- In a sign that the national Republican leadership is lining up behind Doug Hoffman, House GOP campaign Chairman Pete Sessions will endorse the Conservative Party candidate in the New York special congressional election, a senior Republican source tells CNN.

The candidacy of a 34 - year - old Bronx assemblyman — and veteran of President Barack Obama's presidential campaign and White House — to become a vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee has drawn more enthusiasm nationally than in his native borough, where party leadership perceives him as an overly ambitious interloper using his local office as stepping stone on his way to glory in Washington.

In the days before Mr Corbyn's leadership campaign speech Momentum's national organiser, James Schneider, told backroom staff on how the campaign would be waged.

Former President Rawlings, who was speaking at a meeting with the National Road Safety Commission last Friday, called on leadership at all levels to also lead the campaign against indiscipline on the roads.

Flagbearer hopeful of NDC, Sylvester Mensah A leading flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sylvester Mensah, has lamented what he described as a «political campaign of corruption» which is being conducted by some persons within in the lead up to the party's leadership elections.

The PDP candidate's Campaign DG had earlier joined the APC and the LP to call for a boycott of the supplementary election, despite a contrary view by the national leadership of the party.

The leadership of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper West Region, has unveiled a campaign to maintain its political dominance in the region ahead of the 2016 election.

«The national leadership of the party has asked us to continue with the campaign because the campaign is not for any candidate but for the party which is contesting the election.

``... an active campaign against my leadership by a local Momentum organiser, being called a neo-Nazi by some Corbyn t - shirt wearing person outside the Labour Party Conference, and events at a national level targeting Labour Councillors and Labour Councils that do not conform to the particular form of ideological purity that seems to have taken a grip of the party...»

He says the party's leadership contests «tend to go the way of the candidate with greater national public profile, regardless of the campaign and within the party Farron is widely recognised and respected».

Contributing equally, or perhaps even more, to the evolution of the green revolution was the talented supporting leadership that has been provided by the centers to the national programs through temporary assignments of mature scientists skilled in organizing crop production programs to assist in the development of the national production campaigns.

President Reagan's campaign on behalf of merit pay, now more than eight weeks old, has thrown the leadership of the National Education Association (nea) off balance and has provoked a debate within the organization over the issue, recent events and interviews with union officials suggest.

SMB: We should take a page from the successful, ongoing efforts that address the lingering lag in girls» and women's participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields and leadership positions: 1) mentoring and role - modeling programs that involve more men in schools, particularly men who hold other than traditionally male jobs so that students see men in a variety of careers; 2) a national fathers» reading campaign to engage more fathers in reading to their children; and 3) increased funding for innovative programs that engage students in literacy activities in and out of school.

In our national bully prevention and student leadership campaign — BullyBust — we support and recognize students» efforts to transform schools from a culture of bystanders to a culture of upstanders.

The Clark County Education Association, under Murillo's leadership, has worked closely with the National Education Association's Priority Schools Campaign to bring resources to lower - performing schools.

Aside from a commitment to oppose the expansion of selection in English schools, the Labour conference has been light on education policy, and although Corbyn has renewed a commitment to the idea of a national education service, there have been few details about the policy first mooted during his leadership campaign last year.

Not only did the AFT leadership at the national and state level endorse and campaign with Malloy, but the AFT donated more than $ 600,000 to Malloy's re-election operation.

Ken Ward has 25 years leadership and campaigning experience with the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, Greenpeace USA, Public Interest GRFX, and the National Environmental Law Center.

Global Campaign for Localizing Climate Finance: With leadership from the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA), the Global Campaign for Localizing Climate Finance will push for climate finance to reach local and subnational governments and look for ways to connect local action to the NDC Funding and Initiatives Navigator, a searchable database of financial and technical assistance programs that support implementation of national plans.

(Wikipedia): «Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, increasing economic self - reliance, but above all for achieving Swaraj — the independence of India from foreign domination.»

Planned Parenthood Generation Action is committed to building a robust, national network of young leaders and arming them with the tools needed to create change through a range of national campaigns, conferences, and leadership opportunities.

The Campaign Steering Committee welcomes the news that, under the leadership of the National Coordinator for Tackling Indigenous Smoking, Dr Tom Calma AO, Tackling Indigenous Smoking Teams are operational in 57 identified regions nationwide as of 30 June 2013.

A fundamental feature of the Close the Gap Campaign has been the leadership provided by the Indigenous members made up of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation and other national Indigenous peak bodies representing our Indigenous doctors, nurses, dentists and psychoNational Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation and other national Indigenous peak bodies representing our Indigenous doctors, nurses, dentists and psychonational Indigenous peak bodies representing our Indigenous doctors, nurses, dentists and psychologists.

Following the release of the Social Justice Report 2005 in March 2006, under my leadership, the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), the Australian Indigenous Doctors» Association (AIDA), the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses (CATSIN), Oxfam Australia, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR), the Fred Hollows Foundation (and later joined by the Indigenous Dentists» Association of Australia (IDAA) and Australian Indigenous Psychologists» Association (AIPA)-RRB- founded the National Indigenous Health Equality Campaign.

[113] The National Health Leadership Forum members form the leadership group of the Campaign Steering Committee that supports the leadership of the Co-Chairs.

Overall, the campaign has been led by a leadership group comprising the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, the Australian Indigenous Doctors» Association, the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses, the Indigenous Dentists» Association of Australia, Oxfam Australia and HREOC.