Opinion, The Honolulu Advertiser
September 3, 2006

Hawai'i voters who enter the primary election polling booths Sept. 23 will face a choice that's as difficult as it is critical: Who should represent the state in the U.S. Senate, Daniel Akaka or Congressman Ed Case?

The Honolulu Advertiser has concluded that, despite the considerable attributes the Isles' junior congressman could bring to the job, Hawai'i would be best served by returning incumbent Akaka to the Capitol for the next six years.

By Kathy Klely
USA Today
August 22, 2006

HINTON, W.Va. ??€" This old railroad town clinging to a mountainside above the rapids of the New River can't hide its age. Neither does Sen. Robert Byrd.

When he arrived here last week to dedicate a high-technology center for which he wrested more than $3 million from the federal budget, the 88-year-old Democrat couldn't resist unpacking some memories of "my 60 years in public service."

They included recollections of local congressman Nick Rahall's grandfather and grocer Buzzy Hellem's father, the Longhorn cheese and pepperoni that Buzzy sometimes sends him, and of other food favored by the humble country folk who reared him.

By Matt Tuohy
Ka Leo
August 21, 2006

The chance to get federal scholarships to learn a new language or specialize in a scientific field intrigued Rebecca Ramos, a music education major at the University of Hawai??€˜i at M?? ?noa. ??€œFree money just to learn a language? Sounds good to me,??€ ? she said.

If the same holds true for most UH students, then a bill currently in committee in the U.S. Senate might help the nation gain more scientists, foreign language experts, engineers and mathematicians.

Molokai Island Times
August 22, 2006

Honolulu, HI - Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) today is pleased to announce the U.S. Department of Education has awarded funds to the Waianae District Comprehensive Health and Hospital Board, the Pacific American Foundation, and College Connections.

Senator Akaka said, "I applaud the Department of Education for recognizing the importance of Native Hawaiian programs that provide the necessary incentive and support to develop initiatives that use language and culture as learning tools."

By Derrick DePledge
Advertiser Government Writer
The Honolulu Advertiser
August 10, 2006

WAILUKU - U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, an Ohio Democrat who ran for president in 2004 on an anti-war platform, described U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka yesterday as a man of strength and courage who resisted the pressure to give President Bush the authorization to invade Iraq.