From the Archives: Sen. Daniel Akaka’s Exit Interview

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From the Archives: Sen. Daniel Akaka’s Exit Interview

By Gillian Roberts

Posted April 6, 2018 at 6:13pm

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Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, died Thursday at 93. He served nearly 40 years in Congress. Back in December 2012, Roll Call editor Gillian Roberts talked to him about his time in Washington as he prepared to retire to his native Hawaii.

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