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The bill is now in the Senate, and has been referred to the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Technology....

...the Commission has long-held that there is an exemption to Revised Charter of Honolulu Sec. 11-1041 for helping non-profit organizations with projects that the Mayor has officially designated as a project with community–wide benefit....

...HB1329 has been assigned to EDT and WAM, though a hearing has not yet been scheduled....

$100 million in bonds to unabashedly promote a motorsport center on parkland determined eligible to be declared a National American Battlefield by the National Park Service....

"That you're not only outlining the timeline — which is troubling, but you're also talking about specifically how many troops, how many brigades, where they're coming from, and what they're going to be doing...."

...Chinese threats to back several groups of Hawaiian independence activists....

For more information, go to www.keephawaiisheroes.org .... 

Senator Jeffrey Flake from Arizona, who attended BYU will keynote our evening. He knows our state, our people and our customs.  He sits on important committees in the U.S. Senate which affect our state.....

...a House Concurrent Resolution to strongly oppose the U.S. Army’s proposed force reduction of Schofield Barracks and Fort Shafter Bases....

...The Army is conducting two listening sessions in Hawaii this month to hear from communities about how potential troop reductions and restructuring could impact them....

"...unless you clearly identify your enemy, then you cannot come up with a very effective strategy to defeat that enemy...."

Comey said he is concerned that in the wake of Snowden’s “so called revelations,” Americans “healthy skepticism” of government powers will turn to cynicism....

...Host Keli'i Akina speaks with former POW, decorated serviceman and author Capt. Jerry Coffee....

Today, after two decades of "political correctness", nursing grievances has become a primary theme of the popular culture.  But in the 1940s, the opposite choice was made by thousands of young Japanese Americans in Hawaii.  They stood up, volunteered to join in the war effort and proved the doubters wrong.

More than 100 troops from the 45th Sustainment Brigade’s headquarters met an emotional explosion of cheers as they marched into the Wheeler Gulch hangar....

...to conduct a tour of the Army installations here to get a first-hand view of capabilities of the units....

Hawaii's community listening session will be held Jan. 27, 2015, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Hale Koa Hotel in Waikiki....

the Wahiawa Lions Club 68th Annual Veterans Day Parade....

331 Hawaii Medal of Honor recipients who gave their lives defending our freedom in the Middle East from 2006 to this year....

Both resident and non-resident student veterans fought for in-state tuition for all vets....

On November 10, the Third Circuit (Hawaii county) launched its Veterans Treatment Court with an opening ceremony held in the courtroom of Chief Judge Ronald Ibarra....

USS John Paul Jones completed the first Baseline 9 live firing using its integrated air and missile defense capability on Nov. 6....

...assembling at 8:00 am. Parade starts at 9:00 am....

Hawaii Army and Air National Guardsmen were called to support Hawaii County Civil Defense....

New Jersey, New York and Illinois have imposed mandatory quarantines for health care workers who treated Ebola patients in West Africa....

North Korea now has the ability to produce a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can be mounted atop a ballistic missile....

...he and others were kidnapping and keeping Afghan boys as sex slaves, trafficking narcotics and providing munitions to the Taliban to "facilitate insider attacks on Marine and other coalition forces."....

At the least, this appears to be a violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Right Act....

Hawaii resident Ben White flies home from Korea to support Inspector General Complaint against Mark Takai for “violations of privacy” and “abuse of rank”....

“Mark Takai will mislead voters and say anything to get elected."

...the Gabbard measure would go further, forcing thousands of economy-boosting tourists and business travelers to apply for visas — a notoriously arduous process....

...VoteVets supports "progressive" Democrats and has a long record of spending money against veterans, who have served our country honorably such as Arizona Sen. John McCain....

A retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and civilian contractor will spend more than seven years in federal prison....

As then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: "US citizenship is a privilege, it is not a right. People who are serving foreign powers or in this case foreign terrorists are clearly in violation of that oath which they swore when they became citizens."

...Politics should end at the water's edge....

...we have conducted more than 150 successful airstrikes in Iraq....

...recent events in the Middle East make it painfully clear that our war with Muslim extremists is far from over....

Cult members laboring for the Imam under "Tuzuk contracts" are obligated to kick back all of their salaries beyond a bare minimum needed to survive....

Rep Gene Ward discusses “Drones” with Lawrence E. ‘Larry’ Osborn, DreamHammer, Inc....

...I support President Obama's desire to defeat ISIS, but America needs to see more decisive leadership....

...Marine Sgt. Victor Farinas of Aiea deployed to Helmand province, Afghanistan during Feb. 2014 with 1st Marine Regiment....

“You know, Adam and I both enlisted, joined the military after 9/11 because we heard our nation’s leaders say after that attack that we would go and take out these Islamic extremists wherever they are."

...Hawaii Army and Air National Guardsmen partnered with civil authorities and went through neighborhoods hit by the hurricane....

...Hawaii guardsmen help the recovery effort by assessing the damage and reporting to civil authorities, and by clearing the roadways....

... the Navy is paying $0.44 per kwh ....

Former MCAS Ewa Field is an especially unique battlefield that has been officially recognized....

House and Senate negotiators reached a compromise Wednesday on a Veterans Affairs health care reform bill....