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by matttbastard Cliff Schecter dissects The Maverick’s shoddy record on veterans’ affairs legislation: In 2005, Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), now chair of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced legislation that would have increased veterans’ medical care by $2.8 billion in 2006. He also introduced another bill that would have set aside $10 million for “readjustment counseling services” — [...]...
Citizens Against Government Waste on Tuesday included Hawaii’s two U.S. senators among its “top porkers” list for agricultural and rural development projects.
PEPEEKEO, Hawaii, Aug. 20 -- U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka and U.S. Representatives Neil Abercrombie and Mazie Hirono helped launch Hawaii's newest renewable energy pro...
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., walked by a painting depicting an American Indian after an appearance at the UNITY '08 Convention in Chicago. Obama notes ‘tragic’ US past Honolulu Star-Bulletin American history's "sad" aspects require action, the...
Smackdown. Sen. Akaka: “Saying our 50th state is somehow “foreign,” does a great disservice to the hard working, patriotic Americans who call Hawaii home. For months people have been asking me, ‘when is Sen. Obama going to come home?’ I’m so glad he found time to visit his sister and his grandmother, show his daughters more [...]
I just received a statement from Hawaii Senator Daniel Akaka's office, in response to ABC's Cokie Robert's repeated suggestion that Hawaii was somehow a "foreign" un-American place for Obama to visit: "Saying our 50th state is somehow 'foreign,' does a great disservice to the hard working, patriotic Americans who call Hawaii home. For months people have been asking me, 'when is Sen. Obama going to...
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)’s weeklong Hawaiian vacation started August 8, 2008, with a “decidedly political rally”, Mark Niesse wrote for the Associated Press. After arriving aboard “O-Force One” at a “private terminal” at Honolulu International Airport, Obama spoke from a small stage to supporters in a rally at Keehi Lagoon Beach Park. Obama told the crowd [...]
Obama notes ‘tragic’ US past American history’s “sad” aspects require action, the senator tells cheering journalists By Laurie Au lau@starbulletin.com CHICAGO » Sen. Barack Obama, speaking to a gathering of minority journalists yesterday, stopped short of endorsing an official U.S. apology to American Indians but said the country should acknowledge its history of poor treatment of certain ethnic groups....
Senator Obama said some interesting things the other day. Star Bulletin: “There’s no doubt that when it comes to our treatment of Native Americans as well as other persons of color in this country, we’ve got some very sad and difficult things to account for,” Obama told hundreds of attendees of UNITY ‘08, a convention [...]
---Quote--- CHICAGO » Sen. Barack Obama, speaking to a gathering of minority journalists yesterday, stopped short of endorsing an official U.S. apology to American Indians but said the country should acknowledge its history of poor treatment of certain ethnic groups. There's no doubt that when...
Colt Brennan is hugely popular in Hawaii and Hawaii is a State of the Union, but Hawaiians may as well live on Mars when it comes to getting a Brennan replica jersey from the Redskins Store. The Redskins, who play in FedEx Field and who ship via FedEx, won’t deliver to Hawaii or Alaska. The issue came to light [...]
Back in 1963 there was hope that the anticipated race between John Kennedy and Barry Goldwater would take the high road with the two debating the issues as opposed to resorting to personal attacks. That hope ended when Kennedy was assassinated. Lyndon Johnson, who undoubtedly could have won without resorting to such tactics, became [...]
The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman, Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), has called on the Department of Veterans Affairs to reverse its new policy barring voting rights groups, "partisan or otherwise," from holding voter registration drives on campuses where injured veterans are living or receiving medical care. read more
Source: [b]Air Force Times[/b] VA picks up pace in processing claims By Rick Maze - Staff writer Posted : Saturday Jul 12, 2008 6:50:40 EDT The Department of Veterans Affairs may have reached a turning point in its long battle to process a huge backlog of benefits claims for the first time i...
