Matthews returned in late 2009 as the first recording artist to release albums simultaneously in both Welsh and English ( Paid Edrych I Lawr and Don't Look Down, respectively ).

On March 12, 2009, Gaffney appeared on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and accused former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein of being involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the Oklahoma City bombing, " There is also circumstantial evidence, not proven by any means, but nonetheless some pretty compelling circumstantial evidence of Saddam Hussein's Iraq being involved with the people who perpetrated both the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center and even the Oklahoma City bombing.

In December 2009, Pollstar announced that Dion was the best-selling solo touring act of the decade and the second-best-selling touring act of the decade, only to the Dave Matthews Band.

On September 9, 2009, he played at the Greek Theatre ( Los Angeles ) with the Dave Matthews Band.

On March 22, 2009, Matthews renewed the contract for Hardball with Chris Matthews through 2012.

On January 7, 2009, The New York Times reported that Matthews told his staffers that he would not run for the Senate.

On May 25, 2009 Chris Matthews appeared on Charlie Rose where he stated that he was intending to run for Specter's Senate seat in 2010, stating, " I could see myself winning the Democratic primary and I could see myself going on to face Arlen in the general ," but that he felt he had to decide between being a journalist and being a politician once Specter became a national figure by supporting the stimulus.

While discussing proposed healthcare reform on the December 17, 2009, edition of Hardball, Matthews stated, " The Republicans will know they have lost .... Let them keep score and it's easy.

On December 1, 2009, preceding Obama's speech announcing a troop increase in Afghanistan, Matthews criticized the president for choosing the United States Military Academy as his venue, referring to it as " the enemy camp.

At the northern end of the village is the premises of The Bull public house which ceased to trade in the summer of 2009 and was boarded up, and beyond this the largest employer in the village, HG Matthews Brickworks which was acquired by the family in 1923.

In May 2009, Saint Joseph's University gave an honorary degree to Chris Matthews, host of Hardball.

* Michael Donovan ( kidnapper ), jailed for the kidnapping of Shannon Matthews in January 2009

In 2009 the band went into the studio with producer Gavin Monaghan, known for his work with Editors, Scott Matthews and The Twang, to work on a new album, Saturday, with a release date of 1 February 2010 to mark the 21st anniversary of the band.

Helmer expected to be replaced by Rupert Matthews who was next on the Conservative party list in the European Parliament election, 2009.

* Dave Matthews Band released a DVD of a 26 June 2009 concert entitled Across the Pond as a part of a box-set Europe 2009 on 22 December 2009.

* On 26 June 2009, Dave Matthews Band filmed the music video for their second single, " Why I Am ".

A 40th anniversary version of " Woodstock " was released in 2009 by Nick Vernier Band featuring Iain Matthews ( formerly of Matthews Southern Comfort ).

On the February 26, 2009 edition of Hardball with Chris Matthews, Republican Representative Darrell Issa referred to " a Democrat Congress ".

After the Auditor General's report was released in 2009, Collins refused to express confidence in Matthews and media commentators expected him to resign.

However, the highest attendance for any event at the stadium was set on September 25, 2009, when a Dave Matthews Band concert brought in a sellout crowd of 17, 646.

In October 2009, when visiting Yerevan, the World Bank ’ s managing director, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, warned that Armenia will not reach a higher level of development unless its leadership changes the " oligopolistic " structure of the national economy, bolsters the rule of law and shows " zero tolerance " towards corruption.

In 2009 President Tong attending the Climate Vulnerable Forum ( V11 ) in the Maldives, along with 10 other countries that are vulnerable to climate-change, and signed the Bandos Island declaration on 10 November 2009, pledging to show moral leadership and commence greening their economies by voluntarily committing to achieving carbon neutrality.

In December 2009, shortly after the election of Tony Abbott to the Liberal Party leadership, Fraser resigned from the Liberal Party.

In 2009, Weber returned during the reorganization of the Opel leadership to Adam Opel GmbH as " Vice President Planning and Commercial Vehicle Operations " for the company.

In December 2009, a 96-page report titled Human Rights in Ethiopia: Through the Eyes of the Oromo Diaspora, compiled by the Advocates for Human Rights, documented human rights violations against the Oromo in Ethiopia under three successive regimes: the Abyssinian Empire under Haile Selassie, the Marxist Derg and the current Ethiopian government of the Ethiopian People ’ s Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ), dominated by members of the Tigray People ’ s Liberation Front ( TPLF ) and which was accused to have arrested approximately 20, 000 suspected OLF members, to have driven most OLF leadership into exile, and to have effectively neutralized the OLF as a political force in Ethiopia.

This latter was ousted in March 2009 by a popular movement under the leadership of Andry Rajoelina, then-mayor of Antananarivo, in what has been widely characterized as a coup d ' état.

In an interview with the Derry Journal in August 2009, the group's leadership explained: " We would monitor the actions of those who have come forward and, given an adequate period of time, interest in those drug dealers would cease and they could start to lead normal lives ".

A propaganda video of boys marching in camouflage uniform and chanting slogans of martyrdom was issued in 2009 by the Afghan Taliban's leadership in Pakistan, the Quetta Shura, including a eulogy to a 14-year-old Taliban fighter who killed an American soldier.

In 2009, the Press ’ s Chief Executive at the time, Stephen Bourne, was recognised for his " leadership and commitment to responsibility business practice " by being awarded The Prince ’ s Ambassador Award for the East of England.

The community of Tregaron, under the leadership of its own modern-day Twm, Dafydd Wyn Morgan, held a year of activities to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Twm Siôn Cati in 2009.

In 2009, under the leadership of Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen and Haywood County Mayor Franklin Smith, a tract in southwestern Haywood County near Stanton has been designated for a state-supported industrial " megasite ," intended for a large-scale industrial or business development such as an automobile assembly plant.

With the leadership of Craig Jung, the company emerged from bankruptcy as a private company on February 3, 2009.

Although leadership is certainly a form of power, it is not demarcated by power over people – rather, it is a power with people that exists as a reciprocal relationship between a leader and his / her followers ( Forsyth, 2009 ).

** Gang of Four in New York Senate, Democratic senators supporting attempted change of Majority Leader in 2009 leadership crisis

Under her leadership, India returned the Congress-led-UPA to a near majority in the 2009 general elections with Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister.

In March 2009, the NDP, under Layton's leadership, re-introduced a motion ( first passed June 3, 2008 ) which, if implemented, would allow conscientious objectors to the Iraq War to remain in Canada.

In a leadership review vote held at the NDP's August 2009 federal policy convention, 89. 25 % of delegates voted against holding a leadership convention to replace Layton.

After a bitter internal leadership dispute that involved allegations of embezzlement and accusations that SEIU was attempting to raid the union, a substantial number of UNITE HERE members formed their own union ( Workers United ) while the remainder of UNITE HERE reaffiliated with the AFL – CIO on September 17, 2009.

" The relationship between the perception of distributed leadership in secondary schools and teachers ’ and teacher leaders ’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment " School Effectiveness and School Improvement, United Kingdom, September 2009 ./>

* In 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, Leadership Excellence magazine placed the Baldrige Program in the top 10 best government / military leadership programs in the United States based on seven criteria: vision / mission, involvement / participation, accountability / measurement, content / curriculum, presenters / presentations, take-home value / results for customers, and outreach of the programs and products.

Between 2008 and 2009, leadership PACs raised and spent more than $ 47 million.

Summers was a leading voice within the Clinton Administration arguing against American leadership in greenhouse gas reductions and against US participation in the Kyoto Protocol, according to internal documents made public in 2009.

In February 2009, Summers quoted John Maynard Keynes, saying " When circumstances change, I change my opinion ", reflecting both on the failures of Wall Street deregulation and his new leadership role in the government bailout.