On October 23, 2008, Drudge published an unconfirmed exclusive story regarding Ashley Todd, the 20-year-old employee of the College Republican National Committee ( CRNC ) and John McCain volunteer who had allegedly been attacked by a black male for having a McCain sticker on her car in Pittsburgh.

The College Republican National Committee ( CRNC ) is a national organization for college and university students who support the Republican Party of the United States.

The relationship became an issue during the 2005 election for National Chairman, which was won by former CRNC Treasurer, Paul Gourley, whose signature was on the questionable fundraising letters.

Several sources, including the Michigan Daily incorrectly identified Ms. Wilkins as an employee of the Republican National Committee, rather than the CRNC, eliciting an outcry from Democratic National Committee Chairman, Howard Dean.

The College Republican National Committee ( CRNC ), is the national steering organization and oversight body for all 50 state federations, 1, 500 campus chapters, and 250, 000 College Republicans in the country.

After graduating from Brandeis, Abramoff ran for election as chairman of the College Republican National Committee ( CRNC ).

Prior to that he was Chairman of the College Republican National Committee ( CRNC ) in July 2003 and served until 2005.

Prior to that he was elected Chairman of the College Republican National Committee ( CRNC ) in July 2003 and served until 2005.

Hoplin chose not to run for reelection as CRNC Chairman in 2005, pursuing the post of Deputy Chairman of the Minnesota Republican Party instead.

Hoplin was succeeded as CRNC Chairman by Paul Gourley of South Dakota in a highly contested election against Michael Davidson.

Karl Rove, a Senior Bush Advisor and currently a contributor on Fox News Channel is probably one of the most famous College Republican leaders, having served as executive director, and then national chairman, of the CRNC during his time in the organization.

At the CRNC, Abramoff developed political alliances with College Republican chapter presidents across the nation, many who would later hold key roles in state and national politics and business, and some who would later interact with Abramoff as a lobbyist.

In 1967, Morton Blackwell, then a field representative for the CRNC to Kentucky, developed many of the principles now used by the College Republicans.

During its first two years, the CRNC raised $ 17. 3 million, most going to pay fundraising costs and other administrative costs, while leaving more than $ 2 million to expand the field representative program and to improve pay for the full-time positions.

Morgan Wilkins, a CRNC field representative for election 2006 was placed on probation by the CRNC after suggesting several controversial events might be held on the University of Michigan -- Ann Arbor Campus, to that school's student newspaper, the Michigan Daily.

The CRNC organizes election-year field representative programs to send paid staffers to recruit and train students and chapters nationwide.

The CRNC often sends paid field representatives to individual campuses to assist in organizing the election efforts.

In 1983, the CRNC passed a resolution condemning " deliberate planted propaganda by the KGB and Soviet proxy forces " against the government of South Africa, at a time when that country's government was under worldwide criticism for the apartheid regime.

During the election season, the CRNC focuses on developing a " mass based youth effort " directed toward electing Republican candidates.

Prompted by the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, the CRNC officially left the control of the RNC by reconstituting as a 527 group, allowing it to operate independently and raise unlimited amount of money for issue-advocacy work.

" She was suspended for the incident, and later fired by the CRNC for later creating a Facebook group in which she promised to make out with individuals who signed up volunteers for get out the vote efforts.

The shift has allowed the CRNC to vastly expand its fundraising efforts.

The CRNC was criticized for its relationship with Response Dynamics, a Virginia-based direct mail company.

Abramoff " changed the direction of the committee and made it more activist and conservative than ever before ", notes the CRNC.

On September 12, 2002, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dedicated the Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.

Ian MacGregor later became famous for his role as Chairman of the National Coal Board during the UK miners ' strike ( 1984-1985 ).

The current National Chairman is Colin Valentine, who took over from Paula Waters in February 2010.

He served as Chairman of the National Military Council of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China ( ROC ) from 1928 to 1948.

Although Wang succeeded Sun as Chairman of the National Government, Chiang's relatively low position in the party's internal hierarchy was bolstered by his military backing and adept political maneuvering following the Zhongshan Warship Incident.

After the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, Chiang resigned as Chairman of the National Government.

Wang named himself President of the Executive Yuan and Chairman of the National Government ( not the same ' National Government ' as Chiang's ), and led a surprisingly large minority of anti-Chiang / anti-Communist Chinese against his old comrades.

# Wu Bangguo: Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

# Jia Qinglin: Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

He had a small, basic golf facility installed at Camp David, and became close friends with the Augusta National Chairman Clifford Roberts, inviting Roberts to stay at the White House on several occasions ; Roberts, an investment broker, also handled the Eisenhower family's investments.

Guinea's armed forces are divided into five branches — army, navy, air force, the paramilitary National Gendarmerie and the Republican Guard — whose chiefs report to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is subordinate to the Minister of Defense.

This may even lead to an institutional variability, as in North Korea, where, after the presidency of party leader Kim Il-Sung, the office was vacant for years, the late president being granted the posthumous title ( akin to some ancient Far Eastern traditions to give posthumous names and titles to royalty ) of " Eternal President " ( while all substantive power, as party leader, itself not formally created for four years, was inherited by his son Kim Jong Il, initially without any formal office ) until it was formally replaced on 5 September 1998, for ceremonial purposes, by the office of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, while the party leader's post as Chairman of the National Defense Commission was simultaneously declared " the highest post of the state ", not unlike Deng Xiaoping earlier in the People's Republic of China.

During the Cultural Revolution, following the downfall of Liu Shaoqi, who was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, no successor was named, so the duties of the head of state were transferred collectively to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

Eamon Ryan – Leader, Catherine Martin – Deputy Leader, Roderic O ' Gorman – Chairman, Martin Nolan – Treasurer, Catherine Fravalo – Deputy National Coordinator, Micheal Callaghan – Young Greens, Damian Connon, Roderic O ' Gorman, Claire Bailey, Dominick Donnelly – National Coordinator, Steven Agnew, Marianne Butler, Darcy Longergan, Trish Forde-Brennan and Stan Nangle.

In April 2006, Lynch was awarded the " National Chairman of Volunteers " Award for Volunteer Excellence by the American Red Cross, due to his leadership during the 2005 floods.

On March 25, 2003, Kemp was selected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of USA Football, a national advocacy group for amateur football created by the National Football League ( NFL ) and the NFL Players Association.

Kuomintang Muslim General Bai Chongxi was Chairman of the Chinese Islamic National Salvation Federation.

*** Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

*** Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

** Chairman of National Assembly of Vietnam

One that occurred on a 1988 show taped at the Apollo Theater, involving Al Sharpton and CORE National Chairman Roy Innis.

In his autobiography, From Jerusalem to Munich, first published in France in 1999, and later in a written interview with Sports Illustrated, Abu Daoud wrote that funds for Munich were provided by Mahmoud Abbas, Chairman of the PLO since 11 November 2004 and President of the Palestinian National Authority since 15 January 2005.