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NRA shoots itself in the foot with ‘disturbing’ commercial
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe National Rifle Association suffered a public-relations fiasco Friday. In light of the Newtown tragedy, the group had said it was “prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again.” But Wayne LaPierre of... -
Most intriguing person of 2012? Barack Obama, CNN viewers say
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelPresident Barack Obama was Time's Person of the Year. And CNN viewers, in an online poll, have picked him the most intriguing person of the year, the cable channel revealed Monday morning. The runners-up, from No. 2 to 10, were schoolgirl/activist... -
Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye Passes Away, Longtime Friend of Late Sen. Stevens
Channel 2 NewsSenator Daniel Inouye, of Hawaii, and longtime friend of the late Sen. Ted Stevens died Monday at the age of 88 after respiratory complications, according to his office. Sen. Inouye, D-HI, was a World War II veteran and served in the Senate since 1962...Tags: Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Indigenous People, Don Young, Lisa Murkowski
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Hawaii's nine-term senator, Daniel Inouye, dies at 88
WASHINGTON – Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, the second-longest-serving senator in U.S. history and winner of the Medal of Honor for combat heroics in World War II, has died, his office announced in a statement. He was 88. "His last words were,...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), U.S. Army, First Aid, Italy
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Sen. Daniel Inouye gets hero's farewell at Hawaii funeral
This post has been updated, as indicated below.HONOLULU – Before Daniel K. Inouye shipped off to Europe with members of his 442nd Regimental Combat Team, his unit traveled by train from Oakland to Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Miss. After arriving, the predominantly Japanese American unit was...Tags: U.S. Senate, White House, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Daniel Akaka
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Obama, lawmakers mark end of mournful week
WASHINGTON -- Washington officials marked the close of a somber week on Friday by observing a moment of silence for the victims of the Newtown, Conn., shooting and attending the funeral of Sen. Daniel Inouye. At 9:30 a.m., roughly the time of the...
Tags: White House, Harry Reid, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Washington, DC
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Hawaii Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz tapped to succeed Sen. Daniel Inouye
KANEOHE, Hawaii — Gov. Neil Abercrombie has appointed Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz to replace Daniel K. Inouye in the U.S. Senate, opting against Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, whom the late senator had wanted as his successor. In a news conference at the...
Tags: Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Daniel Akaka, Neil A. Abercrombie, U.S. Senate
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Obama and family arrive in Hawaii for Christmas holiday
KANEOHE, Hawaii -- President Obama began the holiday weekend as far removed as one could be from the stalled "fiscal cliff" talks in Washington: on a golf course in his native Hawaii. The first family arrived here just after midnight Saturday for...
Tags: John Boehner, Customs and Tradition, Holidays, Democratic Party, Barack Obama
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'Fiscal cliff' to bring President Obama back early from Hawaii
HONOLULU – President Obama will leave for Washington on Wednesday evening to restart talks on averting the "fiscal cliff," the White House said Tuesday, interrupting and perhaps cutting short altogether his traditional holiday visit to his birth...
Tags: John Boehner, George W. Bush, Customs and Tradition, Holidays, Michelle Obama
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Schatz sworn in as new Hawaii senator
WASHINGTON – Brian Schatz knew this much about Washington before departing Hawaii on Wednesday to start his new role as a U.S. senator – it was cold. And so, barely hours after Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced that he was...
Tags: Democratic Party, Daniel Akaka, U.S. House of Representatives, Neil A. Abercrombie, Chris Murphy
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Once there were giants
Paul Greenberg"Second Lieutenant Daniel K. Inouye distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 21 April 1945, in the vicinity of San Terenzo, Italy. While attacking a defended ridge guarding an important road junction, Second Lieutenant Inouye skillfully...Tags: Slavery, Nancy Pelosi, World War II (1939-1945), Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Lyndon B. Johnson
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On somber anniversary, Biden copes with a new loss
WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden returned to the Senate on Tuesday to swear in Sen. Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont as the new president pro tempore, an office he now holds as the chamber’s most tenured member after the passing of Hawaii Sen....
Tags: Joe Biden, U.S. Senate, Patrick Leahy, Democratic Party, White House
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