Sentences with phrase «better public 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.

The Geek Squad has been described by Best Buy leadership as a key part of the chain's survival as a retailer in the age of Amazon, and public awareness that the friendly mobile IT support team could also be FBI snoops would be nothing short of devastating to that strategy.

Conference Board of Canada The Conference Board builds leadership capacity for a better Canada by creating and sharing insights on economic trends, public policy and organizational performance.

Annette Verschuren, a native of North Sydney, Nova Scotia has taken her wealth of unique experience and well - rounded skill - set in finance, operations and leadership and applied it to public, private and non-profit ventures throughout her career.

We've also tracked Exabeam's growth against a number of public security companies and the top - line acceleration is well ahead of most other companies when they were at this stage» said Lightspeed Partner Ravi Mhatre, «Exabeam has moved extremely quickly to establish its leadership position in the market and holds all of the promise of becoming a standalone public company.»

Additionally, his prior service as a director of another public energy company allows him to provide leadership and knowledge of best practices that benefit the Company and his guidance and understanding of management processes of other oil and gas companies benefits the Company as it continues to grow.

Veris Wealth Partners produced the Women, Wealth & Impact report to demonstrate that «better companies are created by shifting the flow of wealth and power to women, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equities.

These included: his fitness for leadership; balancing the needs of growing revenue while maintaining user - privacy; and the need for Facebook to better articulate its value exchange to the public.

We will provide leadership toward responsible involvement in public life by identifying and responding to the dominant cultural ideas that destroy a just and good social order.

Finally, leadership in a democracy requires the virtue of public - spiritedness; what the founders of the country called public virtue, a readiness to sacrifice self - interest to the common good.

Vast numbers of laypeople confronted a public world in which they no longer felt able to be significant moral agents, simultaneously they found their denominations» leadership preoccupied either with what looked like one form or another of left - leaning ideology or well - meaning but out - of - touch tradition - maintenance, or both.

«I look forward to working with my fellow members and Council President Kraig Naasz to further enhance the Council's public policy leadership in a rapidly changing marketplace, as well as advancing our commitment to moderation and responsibility,» says Clerkin.

The USDA provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management.

She's dedicated herself to public service, serving many years as city councilwoman and mayor, as well as providing training and leadership to nonprofit organizations.

The Chicago Food Policy Action Council and the Food Chain Workers Alliance have played a leadership role in the City's adoption of the Program by supporting the Chicago Good Food Taskforce organized by the Mayor's Office including multiple City of Chicago Sister Agencies (Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Park District, Chicago City Colleges, Chicago Housing Authority) and Departments (Department of Public Health, Department of Family and Support Services, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Aviation, and Procurement).

Recognising the pain that many parents in the UK feel at any implication that they have not done the best for their baby, Unicef UK is urging the UK and devolved governments to show leadership in moving the blame for a major public health issue away from individual women, and acknowledge the collective responsibility of us all to create a supportive, enabling environment for women who want to breastfeed.

«Successful governments require a number of ingredients: strong leadership, public support, dedicated ministers, and a good dose of luck, to name but a few.

Partially in response to the public outcry over the well - publicized cases of Tang and Zhao, China's leadership has recently suggested that RETL system will be phased out.

Law abiding members of the public at Naka general area, and other communities in Gwer West LGA and indeed the entire good people of Benue State are hereby reassured of the professional resolve of the Nigerian Army under the leadership of Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai to protect lives and properties of all Nigerians.

Maybe this is his strategy — stay out of the last leadership race — it's likely to produce a dud, get the position of party chairman, make challenging powerful speeches and articles (he has identified the English democratic defecit, Toque, in his New Statesman article, which is about the best on the issue from any MP see: http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2010/08/labour-party-english-england), make more of a public name for himself, then stand when the prospects of victory are real.

Apart from the outgoing US Ambassador that is expected at the open public hearing, the Committee also extended invitation to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, the three accused lawmakers, the National Human Rights Commission, as well as the other seven members that attended the leadership programme.

Any public support for Ed Miliband by Charles Kennedy and other leading Liberal Democrats could well tip the balance in Ed Miliband's favour in Labour's tightly fought leadership election race — a leadership race between two brothers.

«He will bring that same leadership to Washington, fighting for good jobs, investment in our transportation infrastructure, and strong public services,» Cilento said.

In perhaps a signal to the Working Families Party, the governor now says he may very well campaign against the Senate leadership in the fall elections if they don't agree to expand public campaign financing by the end of the legislative session.

«The steps employed in curtailing Boko Haram resonate from well thought out strategy, commitment, good leadership, public support and cooperation of the Lake Chad Basin countries through the Multi-National Joint Task Force.

We have to listen to the public, understand what they want in terms of leadership from government and try our very best to live up to their expectations.»

The New Rochelle Memorial Day Parade and Picnic at Hudson Park, under the leadership of Peter Parente, President of the United Veterans Memorial and Patriotic Association, has become one of the best public events in Westchester County.

No amount of good deeds, not Smith's community advocacy, church leadership or political authority, were enough to offset his attempts to pollute the process, said Judge Kenneth Karas, who chided the once - powerful Smith for violating the public's trust.

«While some of the Senate Democratic leaders are ready and willing to negotiate in good faith, the public comments by other Senate Democratic officials and leadership of the Working Families Party have cast a dark shadow over serious discussions,» a source close to the conference said.

«Though I must affirm to the general public that the party was founded on the basis of sacrifice and social justice, we also have to keep in mind that times have changed and these changes call for new ways of doing things, a responsibility that should not be tasked with the leadership alone but those at the grass roots as well as to enable us come back strongly in the next general elections in 2020,» opined the former military man.

The Senate President disclosed this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, stressed the importance of responsive leadership — stating that both elected and appointed public servants must see their offices as a responsibility to better the lives of the people that they represent using the legislative and policy instruments at their disposal.

Hawkins also met with the state teachers union's leadership as well as the Public Employees Federation.

He urged the NANS leadership in the state to enhance good working relationship between public office holders and students in the state.

Hawkins has met with the leadership of the statewide teachers union NYSUT as well as the Public Employees Federation about potential endorsements....

Silver issued a brief written statement Thursday after the Common Cause good - government group called for a public vote on his leadership.

Well, many of us silly pollsters thought the Tories would end ahead of Labour too: questions on leadership and the economy favoured them, we expected the polls to move towards the Tories... but the data just kept on showing the parties neck - and - neck, and ultimately a pollster's job is to measure the answers the public give us, not report what we think they should say.

If — and it's a big if — there does turn out to be a contested leadership battle and if — and it's another big if — John Reid has permanently improved his public image and it doesn't drop straight back down against once the news agenda moves on, then he appears to gone a long way towards positioning himself as the best alternative to Brown.

There, well before the fiscal crisis struck home, the leadership argued for cutting public spending on the basis that it was too high.

Up to July 2015, he worked in Parliament through the All Party Parliamentary Group APPG for East Asian Business which he chaired, the All Party Parliamentary China Group [32] of which he was the vice-Chair (special focus on Hong Kong), and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment [33] of which he was treasurer to promote better trade and political and cultural links between the UK and East Asia and work to encourage the next generation of East Asians and other diaspora to develop the leadership skills to play a greater role in public life, in society, and business, and in harnessing the resources that East Asians have globally and locally both financial and non-financial to address global and local problems today.These groups were discontinued after the May 2015 election.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the new Director will also report quarterly on the current status of women both in Santa Clara County public jurisdictions and within the Santa Clara County Democratic Party and lead the compilation and publication of an annual report of the current number and percentage of women in elected office in Santa Clara County and post the report on the Party website and in an electronic communication to all members; and that the new Director will lead this effort by recruiting, training and supporting democratic women seeking public leadership positions in collaboration with the Director of Endorsements and Candidate Recruitment, the Director of Issues, the Director of Political Engagement and DAWN as well as any other interested Party Directors and clubs.

The programme was put together by the Public Affairs Unit of Parliament to create a platform for the people to engage their representatives, as well as the leadership in order to promote national development issues.

But Mr. Gibson said family considerations, as well as a job offer from Williams College, which he will join in February as a visiting lecturer on leadership, had influenced his decision to step away from public life.

And he launched a side - swipe at ministerial colleagues campaigning for the Labour leadership and deputy leadership: «I think it would be better to have a conversation with the public, Jon, than with each other.»

It will be strong and decisive leadership, empathy with the public and good common sense policies that will decide whether the swing is big enough to take us from where we are now to a working majority.

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Lagos State chapter, has said it is committed to promoting the public relations profession and good political leadership in the Public Relations, Lagos State chapter, has said it is committed to promoting the public relations profession and good political leadership in the public relations profession and good political leadership in the state.

But a conference in which your actions, in spite of your good intentions, simultaneously succeeded in fuelling the Blairite determination to get rid of you and in further eroding your support in the party whilst failing to reassure the public about your leadership capabilities.

«I don't believe it is a question of deciding a credible candidate, we had an extremely good, effective, thoughtful deputy leadership election and it did the party a power of good to debate those issues debated in public and I believe if it came to that it would be the case again in the future.

In addition to her leadership and outreach positions, she has co-founded three organizations that train scientists to become better communicators and to interact more effectively with the public.

In my judgment, that kind of leadership will require a comprehensive and sustained effort from both our public and private sectors — including a robust investment in education (especially the STEM fields), a federal commitment to research and development, a renewed emphasis on next generation manufacturing, translating federally funded breakthroughs to commercial applications in the private sector, an immigration policy that enables us to recruit and retain the best and brightest scientists from around the world, and appropriate tax, regulatory, and legal policy.

The award recognizes noteworthy work, leadership and / or public service, as well as contributions to the growth and success of others, especially women.