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Thu, May 17 2012

Obama Speaks at 18th Annual APAICS Gala in D.C.

Obama Speaks at 18th Annual APAICS Gala in D.C.

Also tagged: API American Public Affairs Association, ASIAN AMERICAN JUSTICE CENTER, asian pacific american institute for congressional studies, BarbaraLee, Bobby Scott, C.C. Yin, CAPAC, Dalip Singh Saund, daniel inouye, Deepa Iyer, Denny Chin, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Eni Faleomavaega, FLOYD MORI, Gloria Chan, GORDON HIRABAYASHI, Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, health care reform, jacl, Jacqueline Nguyen, Jim Park, Judy Chu, KAREN NARASAKI, konrad ng, Madeleine Bordallo, Maya Soetoro-Ng, Mike Honda, model minority, Mzzie Hirono, National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, norman mineta, PATSY MINK, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Robert Underwood, Susan Jin Davis, Vincent Chin, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Xavier Becerra

President Barack Obama greets people in the audience after delivering the keynote address at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies’ 18th annual gala dinner in Washington, D.C.,...

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Tue, May 15 2012

JACL Praises Obama for Stance on Gay Marriage

JACL Praises Obama for Stance on Gay Marriage

Also tagged: Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, Asian American Institute, ASIAN AMERICAN JUSTICE CENTER, Asian Law Caucus, asian pacific american legal center, Cable Act of 1922, Don't Ask Don't Tell, jacl, Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Mee Moua, priscilla ouchida, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage, Stewart Kwoh

WASHINGTON — The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) praised President Barack Obama for his historic stance as the first sitting president to recognize the rights of same-sex couples to marry. The...

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Sat, Aug 7 2010

Calls for Peace 65 Years Later

Calls for Peace 65 Years Later

Also tagged: 65 years, APEC Summit in Yokohama, atomic bomb, Darrell Miho, France, Great Britain, hibakusha, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, Hiroshima Peace Park, Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Korean War, Nagasaki, Setsuko Thurlow, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, U.S. Ambassador Japan John Roos, United Nations

Thousands of visitors stand in line in the sweltering heat to pay their respects at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony in Peace Park on Friday, the 65 anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing....

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