Former Senator Daniel Akaka, the first native Hawaiian in the U.S. Senate died on Friday, April 6 at age 93. Akaka, an educator turned Democratic politician, served more than three decades in the U.S. Congress. He served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1947 and chaired the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs from 2007 through 2010. U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard praised Akaka for embodying the spirit of “aloha,” a Hawaiian word used to express warmth and sincerity.
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