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Thu, Nov 3 2011

The Nation’s Highest Honor

The Nation’s Highest Honor

Also tagged: 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd regimental combat team, 442nd/100th, adam schiff, Barack Obama, barbara boxer, BARRY BLACK, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, congressional gold medal, dan inouye, daniel inouye, Eric Shinseki, Frank Masuoka, Giichi Byron Honda, Harry Reid, Internment camps, John Boehner, John McCain, MITSUO HAMASU, Nancy Pelosi, obama, president Obama, RALPH HALL, U.S. House of Representatives, Veterans, VETS, Vietnam Veterans, Yoshio Wada

To honor Japanese American veterans of World War II, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, presents the Congressional Gold Medal to Grant Ichikawa, representing the Military Intelligence Service,...

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Thu, Aug 25 2011

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Remembering Sen. Spark Matsunaga

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Remembering Sen. Spark Matsunaga

Also tagged: alan simpson, dan inouye, GRANT UJIFUSA, heart mountain, JESSE HELMS, Spark Matsunaga, wyoming

(First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 24, 2011.) === Dear Editor, In the run-up to the Heart Mountain opening, former Sen. Alan Simpson said some embarrassingly good things about me and my role...

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Thu, Aug 4 2011

Vets Urged to Sign Up for Gold Medal Ceremony; Details Still Being Finalized

Vets Urged to Sign Up for Gold Medal Ceremony; Details Still Being Finalized

Also tagged: 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd regimental combat team, Cathy Tanaka, Christine Sato-Yamazaki, concurrrent resolution, congressional gold medal, DON NOSE, Emancipation Hall, go for broke education center, Hitoshi Sameshima, Honor Flight, Janet Yokoyama, Jim Murata, KEN AKUNE, military intelligence service, MIS Veterans Association of Southern California, National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism, NATIONAL VETERANS NETWORK, National World War II Memorial, NJAHS, obama, Rosalyn Tonai, Speaker of the House John Boehner, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Center

From left: MIS SoCal officers Jim Murata (vice president), Hitoshi Sameshima (president), Janet Yokoyama (treasurer), Cathy Tanaka (secretary), and Ken Akune. (Photo by J.K. Yamamoto/Rafu Shimpo) === By...

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Thu, May 12 2011

Sen. Feinstein’s Statement on Confirmation of Edward Chen as U.S. District Judge

Sen. Feinstein’s Statement on Confirmation of Edward Chen as U.S. District Judge

Also tagged: ACLU, American Bar Association, Boalt Hall, Charles Renfrew, Civil Liberties Act, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Dianne Feinstein, edward chen, Fern Smith, fred korematsu, internment, James Browning, Judicial Advisory Committee, KAREN KOREMATSU, Lowell Jensen, Merit Selection Review Panel, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Northern District of California, Oakland, President Reagan, Roll Call, San Francisco Bar Association, San Francisco Police Commission, senate Judiciary Commitee, Supreme Court, TANFORAN, Thomas Mazzucco, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit, Washington Times

Judge Edward Chen WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement Tuesday after the Senate voted 56-42 to confirm...

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Sat, Sep 25 2010

Nisei Veterans Bill Headed to President’s Desk

Nisei Veterans Bill Headed to President’s Desk

Also tagged: 100th battalion, 442nd regimental combat team, adam schiff, barbara boxer, congressional gold medal, dalai lama, go for broke, gold medal, MIS, nisei, rosa parks, thomas edison, WWII

From left, Hiro Nishikubo, Sameshima, Seki, Abe and Akune salute as a color guard of soldiers from today’s 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry of the U.S. Army Reserves, Hawaii posts the American flag in...

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Fri, Aug 6 2010

Congress Votes for Gold Medal for Nisei Veterans

Congress Votes for Gold Medal for Nisei Veterans

Also tagged: 100th battalion, 442nd, adam schiff, army, Arnold Palmer, barbara boxer, china, congressional gold medal, guadalcanal, iwo jima, japanese american, john glenn, MIS, neil armstrong, nisei, obama, purple heart, Veterans, wasp, world war II

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is one of the most decorated regiments in U.S. history. WASHINGTON.—The U.S. Senate on Monday passed legislation that would grant a collective Congressional Gold Medal...

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Wed, Mar 3 2010

The Candidate

Also tagged: charles djou, Colleen Hanabusa, dan inouye, daniel inouye, democrat, Ed Case, Elections, hawaii, Irene Hirano, jonathan club, Lillian Kawasaki, Oahu, politics, republican, Senate elections, Waianae

Colleen Hanabusa speaks at the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles on Feb. 20. Hanabusa, president of Hawaii’s State Senate, will face Republican Charles Djou and Democrat Ed Case in a special election on...

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Thu, Jul 23 2009

Chu Sworn into Congress

Chu Sworn into Congress

Also tagged: Chinese American, Judy Chu, Nancy Pelosi

“I do.” With that Judy Chu (D-San Gabriel) was sworn in by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on July 16 as the newest member of the House of Representatives and first Chinese American woman in Congress. Her...

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