Sentences with phrase «of a national campaign against»

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Whitman is well - known in state and national politics as well, having worked on presidential campaigns for Mitt Romney and John McCain, and having run against Jerry Brown in 2010 for the governor of California, a race she ended up losing.

«Though we will continue to prosecute the campaign against terrorists that we're engaged in today, the great power competition, not terrorism, is now the primary focus of US national security,» Mattis said in his opening statements at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Newman, who had the backing of an array of national abortion - rights groups and two members of Illinois» congressional delegation, campaigned heavily against her opponent's voting record and promoted herself as a champion of «working families, healthcare for all, and everybody's rights,» she told Business Insider last year.

It said Russia was responsible for carrying out cyberattacks against the US, disseminating hacked emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee, and launching a social media disinformation campaign — findings that mostly echo parts of the US intelligence community's assessment of Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business thinks it might never be a good idea and has launched a national campaign against the reform.

The Facebook exec's tweets followed Mueller's release of indictments against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian businesses for what Mueller called a wide - ranging effort to undermine the 2016 presidential election, including efforts aimed at «supporting the presidential campaign of then - candidate Donald J. Trump.»

«If Christians are excluded from the classification of genocide, we will be responsible for a greater and more ruthless campaign of persecution against them,» said Bishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom, one of this morning's speakers at the National Press Club.

Every Republican competing for national office, from Hawaii to New Hampshire, ran against the Obama agenda and made it the centerpiece of the campaign.

But papers like the American National Catholic Reporter (which has been on the warpath against Fr Degollado for years) have undoubtedly seen this not simply as a vindication of their stance in that particular battle, but as a victory in their general campaign against the way authority is exercised in the Church, and in particular against Pope John Paul II and his legacy.

An active national leader in the fight against hunger, Danny serves on the board of Share Our Strength and has long supported hunger relief initiatives including City Harvest, God's Love We Deliver, and the Bed - Stuy Campaign Against against hunger, Danny serves on the board of Share Our Strength and has long supported hunger relief initiatives including City Harvest, God's Love We Deliver, and the Bed - Stuy Campaign Against Against Hunger.

This new policy marks a significant advancement in The HSUS» national campaign against cruel and inhumane confinement of egg - laying hens.

is a call to defend life and freedom against this oppressive claws of corporate control,» stated Cristino Panerio, National Coordinator of the Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag - unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG), a local farmer - scientist movement in the forefront of campaigns against golden rice commercialization in the past decade.

He is proud of being a football player and on the drill team and his story so shocked people (sarcasm) that he has been invited to speak to the National Security Administration and Boeing, 2 places not known for their «underlying ideological campaign against masculinity.»

funny how it is when our players are «snubber» by their international teams we all become so defensive and say it is disgustuing and disgraceful how one of our playersd can be left out of his country national team and that there must be some sort of campaign against that player to keep him off the national team.

Recent years have seen prominent campaigns against high ticket prices, while bodies like Kick It Out have become part of the national conversation.

Just one month ago, Familia had been part of an anti-domestic violence campaign with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence featuring athletes from a number of sports.

His seven goals in 17 starts during a breakthrough 2011 - 12 campaign — that included a superb performance against Tottenham Hotspur in a late January FA Cup tie — bringing him national acclaim, the Championship's Young Player of the Month award for March and a contract extended until 2015, which indicated that the management at Vicarage Road rated Murray as highly as the fans.

It's been 13 years since Lokomotiv Moscow were last crowned as the kings of Moscow and Russia, but with half of the 2017/18 campaign now elapsed, Lokomotiv find themselves atop the division, and they preserved that position with a last - gasp equaliser against bitter city rivals, CSKA Moscow before the national team break.

England's latest 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign saw them having to settle with a 2 - 2 draw against Scotland as both national sides faced off on June 10 of 2017.

Humanists UK, which leads the national campaign against religious discrimination and segregation in schools, has stated that such a decision would ignore the evidence that the cap has boosted integration in faith schools and instead show that the Government has bowed to the demands of the religious lobby instead of sticking up for the interests of children.

Miffed by the constant abuse of the naira, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) have joined forces to launch grassroots campaign against naira abuse across the 774 local government areas of the country.

The next demonstration will take place on January 29th, according to plans from the Education Activist Network and the National Campaign Against Cuts and Fees - the two groups which have taken the lead on most of the later protests.

New York is launching a statewide campaign against distracted driving as part of April's National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

The chairman of the Democratic National Committee stood behind the party's lawsuit against Russia and President Trump's campaign, calling it a necessary move to deter Russia from meddling in future elections.

- 68 is too late is a campaign launched by three trade unions - PCS, Unite and the National Union of Teachers - to mobilise the public against plans which could see the finishing line for access to state pensions moved ever further forward.

During the latter stages of the campaign there were further allegations by some independence supporters that the BBC — the UK's national broadcaster — was biased against Scottish independence.

Read St James's consultation: http://www.stjames.tgacademy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/finalconsultation.pdf Read the BHA's correspondence with the Academy and Diocese: http://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/BHA-correspondence-with-Tudor-Grange-Academy-Solihull.pdf Read Tudor Grange's affiliation agreement with the Diocese of Birmingham: http://www.tudor-grange.solihull.sch.uk/images/docs/draftjul11.doc Read the relevant section of the Equality Act 2010: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/85 Visit the local campaign's Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/150736215077978/ View the petition against the plans: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/tudor-grange-admissions-policy Read more about the BHA's campaigns work on «faith» schools: http://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/schools-and-education/faith-schools/ Read the BHA's table of types of school with a religious character: http://www.humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/schools-with-a-religious-character.pdf The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity.

Laws based on that misguided assumption have resulted in an almost open - ended campaign against basic freedoms that have drawn the ire of journalists, humanitarian activists and leading Muslim intellectuals who have had their rights infringed in the name of protecting national security.

The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts is preparing to march through central London in what some hope will be a repeat of last autumn's violent demonstration.

Berry was a founder of the Alliance against Urban 4 × 4s, which began in Camden in 2003 and became a national campaign demanding measures to stop 4 × 4s (or sport utility vehicles) «taking over our cities».

Signed by the Chairman, APC South - West Leaders Forum, Dr. Gboyega Afolabi, the leaders condemned the suspended National Deputy Publicity Secretary of APC, Comrade Timi Frank and his sponsors, for embarking on campaign of calumny against the personality of the national cNational Deputy Publicity Secretary of APC, Comrade Timi Frank and his sponsors, for embarking on campaign of calumny against the personality of the national cnational chairman.

«Just as earlier campaigns helped prove that something like a Sanders candidacy could have such wide success,» says Dan Cantor, the national director of the Working Families Party, «[the Sanders campaign] will pave the way for other populist insurgents to run against the political and financial establishment.»

Arizona state Rep. Victoria Steele on Tuesday became the first Democrat to launch a campaign against Rep. Martha McSally, who represents one of the districts that has national Republicans worried most.

Andrew is also a supporter of a number of pressure groups including, the Countryside Alliance, The National Trust and The Campaign Against Political Correctness.

Atlantic Bridge was itself a partner of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a US lobbying group funded by the Charles G Koch Foundation (predominant funders of the US Tea Party), the National Rifle Association and the Tobacco Institute, to name but a few, and which campaigns against climate change legislation and regulation of tobacco.

He has, however, voted against both public financing of political campaigns and the Dream Act, which would make foreign nationals entering college eligible for state aid.

In collaboration with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and local pro sports franchises, Mark - Viverito has launched #NotAFan, a campaign of video public service announcements (PSAs) that denounce domestic violence.

ANDREW CUOMO, WHO will turn 53 in December, ran his first political campaign — his father's original gubernatorial bid against Ed Koch — almost 30 years ago and has been a fixture of the national media almost ever since.

Activist and Author David Mixner Freedom to Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation President Jarrett Barrios Board Chair of the Empire State Pride Agenda Frank Selvaggi Human Rights Campaign New York Marriage Director Brian Ellner Former Chief of Staff to Minority Leader Dick Gephardt and Deputy Campaign Manager to John Kerry for President Steve Elmendorf Senior Vice President for External Affairs at the Center for American Progress Winnie Stachelberg Democratic National Committee Treasurer Andy Tobias Former Clinton White House Advisor Richard Socarides Academy Award Winning Producer and AFER Board Member Bruce Cohen Gill Action Fund Executive Director Patrick Guerrero Gill Action Fund Deputy Executive Director Bill Smith

Proponents of expanding background checks for gun purchases formally kicked off a campaign in Maine — one of two key national races this year pitting a group co-founded by billionaire former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg as a response to mass shootings in 2014 against the group it was meant to target — the NRA.

The NCC (National Caravan Council) is continuing its lobby campaign against the imposition of VAT on caravan holiday homes «in the interests of the industry, jobs and livelihoods that would be impacted by the proposal».

A number of witnesses were to testify in favor of a marriage equality plank in the platform: Marc Solomon, national campaign director for Freedom to Marry; Allison Herwitt, legislative director for the Human Rights Campaign; Army Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan, a lesbian New Hampshire guardsman with stage - four incurable breast cancer and a plaintiff in Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act; Michael Macleod - Ball, the American Civil Liberties Union's chief of staff for the Washington Legislative Office; and Aaron Zellhoefer, a gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the National Stonewall Denational campaign director for Freedom to Marry; Allison Herwitt, legislative director for the Human Rights Campaign; Army Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan, a lesbian New Hampshire guardsman with stage - four incurable breast cancer and a plaintiff in Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act; Michael Macleod - Ball, the American Civil Liberties Union's chief of staff for the Washington Legislative Office; and Aaron Zellhoefer, a gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the National Stonewall Decampaign director for Freedom to Marry; Allison Herwitt, legislative director for the Human Rights Campaign; Army Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan, a lesbian New Hampshire guardsman with stage - four incurable breast cancer and a plaintiff in Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act; Michael Macleod - Ball, the American Civil Liberties Union's chief of staff for the Washington Legislative Office; and Aaron Zellhoefer, a gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the National Stonewall DeCampaign; Army Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan, a lesbian New Hampshire guardsman with stage - four incurable breast cancer and a plaintiff in Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act; Michael Macleod - Ball, the American Civil Liberties Union's chief of staff for the Washington Legislative Office; and Aaron Zellhoefer, a gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the National Stonewall DeNational Convention representing the National Stonewall DeNational Stonewall Democrats.

He recounted the qualifications of President Mahama which include his being a three - term Member of Parliament, Deputy Communications Minister, Minister of Communications, Chairman of the National Communications Authority, Vice President of Ghana in January 2009, Care taker President in July 2012, President of Ghana in January 2013 after winning a one - touch presidential race against someone who had campaigned for 12 years.

Read more: ACEP kicks against relocation of GNPC to Western Region Nana Addo has pledged to fulfill a campaign promise to relocate the headquarters of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to the Western Region.

The new Free Press can authoritatively report that, the high court Judge, Justice Anthony Yeboah, who ruled against NPP National Chairman Paul Afoko, was the campaign coordinator for Nana Akufo - Addo in 2008 at his hometown in Osino, even before his appointment as a Justice of the high court.

Phil Boothe, national coordinator of No2ID, which campaigns against the DNA database, said the findings were further proof of the dangers in the government's database programme, but warned not to give up on traditional forensic use of DNA, together with chains of evidence and presentation in court.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, a national group focused on electing Democratic state legislatures across the country, is threatening to help back primaries in the coming year against a group of eight breakaway New York state Senate Democrats.

«There was no such wiretap activity mounted against the President - elect at the time, as a candidate, or against his campaign,» former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said on NBC's «Meet the Press.»

Anti-gay activist groups The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), Family Research Council Action and CitizenLink are launching «an unprecedented campaign» against three Republican candidates because of their support for marriage equality and abo... Read

WAMC's political observer Dr. Alan Chartock discusses President Trump's calls for arming trained teachers as part of an effort to fortify schools against shootings, comments by the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre and new unsealed charges against President Trump's former campaign chair Paul Manafort.