What better place to host a conference than Hawaii, right? Sun, golf, swimming. The National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems thinks so, too. It’s hosting its annual confab at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu in May and expects...
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A statue of Duke Kahanamoku stands along Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Ticket to Hawaii: Talking Points for Convincing Your Board to Send You
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Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) CEO Sally Jewell climbs the 65-foot rock climbing pinnacle at REI's Seattle flagship store.
Obama’s Interior Sec’y Climbed in Antarctica (No Thanks, He Adds)
There’s a good basketball court at the Interior Department headquarters in Washington. And Ken Salazar, departing secretary of the interior, has “a good jump shot,” according to President Barack Obama, who has played ball on that court a few blocks...
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A nice way to celebrate the New Year for the President was to jump in the ocean in his native state of Hawaii. He was on his annual Christmas vacation with family and friends, and went swimming at Pyramid Rock Beach in Kaneohe Bay.
Washington, Hawaii: Obama, Thumbs Up — Utah, Wyoming, Thumbs Down
Where is President Barack Obama most popular? In Washington, D.C., and in his birth state of Hawaii. Where is the Democrat least popular? In the mountain states of Utah and Wyoming, and also Sarah Palin’s home state of Alaska. It...
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President Barack Obama greets people as he visits Island Snow for shave ice in Kailua, Hawaii, during his holiday vacation, on Jan 3, 2013.
Obama Home from the Holidays: Hard New Year’s Nights Ahead
President Barack Obama returns to Washington today from his annual family vacation in Hawaii for a week expected to include Cabinet nominations, a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and preparations for a second-term inauguration. Obama is scheduled to return...
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President Barack Obama steps off Air Force One on Jan. 2, 2013 upon arrival at Hickam Air Force Base near Honolulu, Hawaii.
Tax Deal: Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Signed, sealed, delivered — it was the theme song of two presidential campaigns. And yesterday, the president signed the tax bill sent to him by Congress and delivered his auto-penned signature — then went to dinner. The “American Taxpayer Relief...
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President Barack Obama arrives to deliver a statement in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 1, 2013. The House of Representatives passed legislation averting income tax increases for most U.S. workers after Republicans abandoned their effort to attach spending cuts that would have been rejected by the Senate.
Happy New Taxes Year: Deal Done
On the first day of this odd new year (2013): Democrats in Washington have fought to the end of a protracted debate to preserve the tax cuts that former President George W. Bush won for most American taxpayers. Republicans in...
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Bo is Back in Town: On All Fours
President Barack Obama isn’t the only member of the first household who returned early from Hawaii today. Bo came back, too. The Portuguese water dog who inhabits the White House with the first family returned with the master-in-chief aboard Air...
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President Barack Obama (C) and First Lady Michelle Obama talk with members of the military on Christmas, before departing for Washington on the 26th.
Obama’s Night Flight to Cliff’s Edge
The president is squeezing in one last day in Hawaii before returning to Washington for five days of uncertain talks about taxes and spending with a deadline looming at New Year’s Eve. Air Force One is scheduled for departure at...
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama stand with Senator Inouye's wife Irene Hirano during funeral services for the late Senator Daniel Inouye on Dec. 23, 2012 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Obama Home for the Holiday: Really
Daniel Inouye already had been the congressman from Hawaii for almost two years when Barack Obama was born there. Inouye, who died last week at 88, the second-longest serving U.S. senator after the late Robert Byrd, was the first congressman...
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Sen. Daniel Inouye holds up a photo of himself on July 31, 1987 in Washington.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 19,478
That’s how many days the late Senator Daniel K. Inouye, a Hawaii Democrat who died Dec. 17, served in Congress. Inouye entered the House of Representatives when Hawaii achieved statehood in 1959. He was elected to the Senate in 1962...
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