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根据下面资料,回答题 National Rifle Association President Oliver North has been ousted amid internal strife and external
pressure.
In a statement read at the NRA's annual meeting in Indianapolis on Saturday, North said he wouldnot seek a second term, citing confrontations with board members and donors over what they calledextremely high payments to a law firm, a lawsuit against the group's longtime public relations firm andpress reports about alleged financial mismanagement.
The announcement by North, who said he created a committee to look into the organization'sfinances, came a day after NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre issued his own letter to theNRA's board claiming North had attempted to extort him.
According to that letter, North told LaPierre that he would send the board a letter alleging sexualharassment by a staff member, a "devastating account" of the NRA's financial status and accusations ofprofligate spending on clothes and travel, unless LaPierre resigned from his position and withdrew theNRA from a lawsuit it filed against Ackerman McQueen, the public relations firm it has used for decades.
"I believe the purpose of the letter was to humiliate me, discredit our Association, and raiseappearances of impropriety that hurt our members and the Second Amendment," LaPierre wrote in theletter, which was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. "I believe our board and devoted memberswill see this for what it is: a threat meant to intimidate and divide us. I choose to stand and fight, andhope to bring 5 million members with me. "
The internal drama and strife comes as outside pressures mount on the organization, which ismanifested in several lawsuits. There have been reports about divisions within the organization overNRATV--operated by Ackerman McQueen--which streams dire, dystopian programming that often haslittle to do with guns. In the lawsuit, the NRA alleges that Ackerman is refusing to hand over businessrecords, including those involving billing. The suit said the NRA paid the firm $ 40 million in 2017.
The gun rights group, which spent $ 31 million to help elect President Trump during the 2016presidential campaign, has been operating in the red ever since, according to financial records. Duringthe 2017 fiscal year, the NRA reported it was more than $17 million in the red; in 2015, it was morethan $ 33 million in the black.
In a lawsuit last year that the NRA filed against the state of New York, which discouragedinsurance companies from carrying the NRA's insurance product, the organization claimed that it wouldbe "unable to exist" if it were unable to collect donations or safeguard its assets.
But Winkler, as well as current and former NRA board members, believe it would be wrong tocount out the organization, which has gone through numerous ups and downs in its 147-year history.
"They've been in worse shape; their obituary has been written more times than anyone knows," saidRichard Feldman, a former NRA lobbyist. "Anyone who writes off the NRA is kidding themselves.They'll come back. "
North expressed his will in a statement that_______. A.he would resolve conflicts with board members and donors
B.he would resign the presidency of NRA immediately
C.he would devote himself to solving the moral crisis
D.he would forsake the attempt of being re-elected
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