Former Senator Daniel Akaka, the first native Hawaiian in the U.S. Senate, who strove for recognition of Filipino veterans who fought with the United States during World War Two, died on Friday at age 93. “Our state mourns the loss of this man of upright character,” Hawaii Governor David Ige said in...
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