Sentences with phrase «about past leaders»

Also, the CD President, Usman Abdul, said, «The President should be mindful of what he says about past leaders because he was also a former leader of the country.

It's ridiculous for you to rant about past leaders of totalitarian regimes as any kind of indicator to defend Christianity.

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«Given some of his past statements and his staunch opposition to immigration reform, I am very concerned about what he would do with the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice and want to hear what he has to say,» incoming Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said in a statement.

Way back in the winter of 2014, when he was sketching the broad strokes of his agenda as the new leader of the then third - place Liberals, Trudeau spoke in Montréal about how pro-free market economic orthodoxy, put into policy by successive governments over the past few decades, was favouring the rich too much.

He says talking about past mistakes is an important part of the bank's new - leader development program and admits that not having such a program until last year was a mistake.

Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party leader, who has expressed ambivalent views about the EU in the past, was not seen as a particularly strong voice for the Remain campaign.

When the 54 - year - old world leader manages to steal a few fleeting moments to unwind past dark, he reportedly reads good, old paper books, and not always about politics and domestic and foreign affairs.

The term «thought leader» gets bandied about freely nowadays, and as a result has lost some of its value, but if you take the time to comment on industry trends and share past experiences, the value generated for your company will be more than just a few clicks to your website.

Mouw concludes that LDS leaders «are simply saying nothing about it in the hope of keeping it on the margins of their historic teachings without issuing a straightforward rejection of something that loomed large in the LDS past.»

The Pew Research Center has certainly been a leader over the past few decades in producing polls about religion.

Before the election, many evangelical leaders predicted that opposition to Obama over his support for abortion rights, his personal endorsement of same - sex marriage and his vision of government as a force for good would trump reservations evangelicals had about Romney's past social liberalism and his Mormon faith.

He says his ears would perk up when he heard James Dobson talking about homosexuality on the radio, but the only response from famous Christian leaders centered around reparative therapy, which required «correcting» mistakes made by bad parenting or from sexual abuse in the past.

In a time when we're now asking fresh questions about what sins, past and present, we will tolerate from leaders in government, business and entertainment, it's paramount that we look the past of our nation in the eye, and absorb the horrors which many Christians explained away just two generations ago.

In the past decade church leaders often voiced cynicism or even a sense of futility about involving local churches in social action.

Our past experience as military leaders leads us to be greatly concerned about the impact of repeal [of the law] on morale, discipline, unit cohesion, and overall military readiness.

Now, following a number of seismic lurches over the past two years, M5S appears to be moving into a post-Grillo phase, having six months ago replaced the comedian as de facto leader with 31 year - old Luigi Di Maio, in what seems to be a sign that the movement is about to grow up and join the political mudbath (albeit with Grillo remaining in the wings as «guarantor»).

Despite Pope Francis's unprecedented visit to a Pentecostal church and apology for past treatment of Pentecostals by Catholics, many Italian evangelical leaders remain concerned about how evangelicals in the United States (and other nations) are cozying up to the popular pontiff.

Members of the public who attend the full - day Good Food Festival programming have the opportunity to learn directly from experienced farmers and gardeners through long - form DIY workshops and «Good Food Commons» mini-sessions; hear from thought leader panelists about the future of our agricultural system; watch cooking demos, emphasizing local food, by culinary leaders such as Frontera's Rick Bayless and One Off Hospitality's Paul Kahan (both past recipients of FamilyFarmed's Good Food Chef of the Year Award); and engage with more than 150 farmer, food business, and nonprofit exhibitors.

The leader in this category has averaged about seven or eight fumbles over the past several years so a repeat of last year's performance would put him near the top of the leaderboard again this year.

One can imagine what it's like marrying into a royal family, so it's no surprise that Markle is giving up her acting career — she's starred on the TV show Suits for the past seven years — and is instead ready to delve into groups in the U.K. «that are working on the same causes I've always been passionate about» — causes that include human rights and encouraging young leaders to create positive change.

Over the past year, I have met with community leaders and stakeholders from across the country — parents and teachers, school board members and principals, suppliers and food service workers — about the importance of making sure every child in America has access to nutritious meals at school.

In a discussion about the recent French presidential election at the Personal Democracy Forum unConference this past Saturday, Pascal - Emmanuel Gobry presented an interesting thesis: not only did Ségolène Royal's «net - centric strategy fail to win a majority at the polls, but her campaign's emphasis on citizen participation may have actually backfired entirely by undermining her perception as a leader and by leaving her dependent on a fatally unrepresentative group of voters.

«For the time being any past leader and even those who held office at the highest level have to be circumspect - including me - about our pronouncements and interventions which might have the exact opposite effect as was intended,» he accepts, before adding: «It doesn't mean that any of us simply should be told to get back in the box and go away, and fail to express a lifetime's experience or commitment to the party, but it does mean we need to be very careful.»

Lib Dem leader Tim Farron sacked former MP David Ward as a general election candidate after a storm over his past comments about Israel and Jews.

The problem is that Zuma's past as an exiled ANC leader is unknown and he refuses to answer questions about it.

Libby Post, of Capital Women, Amanda Farias, of New American Leaders, and Brette McSweeney, of Eleanor's Legacy, joined Poozer Politics to talk about the obstacles that have prevented women from running in the past, the recruitment of candidates and preparing female candidates for campaigns.

[92] Publicly speaking about the 2017 Scottish council elections, Sturgeon has said that the elections were a clear choice between voting for herself and Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, citing the stark fall in support of the Scottish Labour Party and their leader Kezia Dugdale over the past several years.

And just last week a Guardian article about «the most schmoozed councillor in politics» detailed the deputy leader of Westminster Council who has had over 500 pieces of extravagant corporate entertainment over the past three years.

Corbyn himself has sometimes flirted with this approach in the past, and some Labour backbenchers accuse their leader of being lukewarm on Europe, but Miliband insists: «Jeremy is as passionate about this as I am.

Through a campaign, ABL has over the past three weeks interacted with about 2,100 teenagers from Swedru Secondary School, Adeiso Presbyterian Secondary School and a mix of student leaders from the Greater Accra Region Students Representative Councils.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gathered local leaders from around the state Wednesday in Albany to talk about reaction to past storms, and to plan for the next ones.

ALBANY — State Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan ripped Donald Trump's past vulgar comments about women as «deplorable and inexcusable,» but said he does not believe the controversy will hurt GOP efforts to keep control of the state Senate — even as the Democrats prepare to exploit the issue with ads and mailers.

Farron has been attacked in the past about his voting record on equal marriage, but he is not the only Westminster leader to be vulnerable in this area.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders on Thursday announced the public appointees to the board that Cuomo wanted reconfigured because of concerns about the association's past performance.

This should make our Christian leaders know that we must not always judge people by their past deeds and what people think about them but consider their current actions and willingness to change for the best.

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan ripped Trump's past vulgar comments about women as «deplorable and inexcusable,» but said he does not believe the controversy will hurt GOP efforts to keep control of the state Senate — even as the Democrats prepare to exploit the issue with ads and mailers.

The source said Winterton had believed she was still bridge - building between the leader's office and the PLP and was involved in conversations about the possible return to shadow cabinet elections over the past few days.

John Dearie, a former Bronx Assemblyman who now has a prominent Bronx personal injury law practice, spoke about the civic and political leaders from the past who shaped the experience of the Irish diasporic community in the Bronx and who worked towards peace in Northern Ireland.

Blair informed Hattersley that he was worried about «hurting Gordon» to which Hattersley replied that he should tell Gordon Brown that there had been,»... a lot of people in the past who had wanted to be leader of the Labour Party and have come to terms with the fact that they weren't going to be» and that Brown would have to be part of a line that «goes back a very long way».

The committee is comprised of community leaders who feel strongly about the importance of honoring the past, while also looking to the future.

If Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders are serious about protecting LIPA, they must take responsibility for their own past actions, and develop a comprehensive, long - term plan that keeps New Yorkers safe.»

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Along with former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, about a dozen past and present elected officials and Republican Party leaders on Staten Island are encouraging District Attorney Daniel Donovan to run for Congress in a special election.

LaPierre said that in the past, he had worked with Democrats who wanted to work to reduce gun violence, but that leaders now only cared about exploiting tragedy for political gain, calling them a «tidal wave of new European socialists» in charge of the party and name - checking Sen. Kamala Harris, D - Calif.; Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D - Mass.; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Sen. Cory Booker, D - N.J.; Sen. Christopher Murphy, D - Conn.; and Rep. Keith Ellison, D - Minn., to boos in the crowd.

McConnell expressed fears that Labour would experience increased difficulty in regaining the confidence of Scottish voters following the election of Sturgeon as SNP leader, and described the party as «a political machine that is angry about what has happened in Scotland in the recent past».

Transitions can be an uneasy period for any two leaders, and Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Bloomberg, who have exchanged harsh rhetoric in the past, have mostly maintained statesmanlike stoicism about each other.

The disclosure that one of the most senior figures in the Tory leadership at the time had reason to believe Ashcroft was a non-dom will raise questions about the way in which successive Conservative leaders have dealt with questions about the peer's tax status over the past decade.

Over the past decade the former vice president has trained thousands of climate leaders who are now spreading awareness about global warming in communities around the planet.

The San created the code because of past transgressions, including use of insulting language such as the term «Bushmen,» using jargon when communicating with the San, failing to consult study communities about findings before publication, and approaching individuals before asking community leaders for permission.

Also included in this issue are some statements by Navajo leaders — grassroots and governmental — about the Diné Natural Resources Protection Act and about studies currently being conducted surrounding the health effects of past uranium mining.

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