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When his doctor explained in 1995 that surviving leukemia meant he needed to ask a stranger for bone marrow, Chris Pablo was uncomfortable asking for himself alone.

Christopher "Chris" Pablo, Hawaii's most prominent role model and advocate for people with cancer, died today at Saint Francis Hospice in Nuuanu.

As members of Congress digest Obama's new Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy and decide how they want to weigh in, some key staffers behind the scenes will be important to watch: Tom Hawkins - national security advisor to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-KY Since the Senate GOP is poised to be Obama's main source of support on implementing his ...

WASHINGTON Hawaii's congressional delegation reacted Tuesday afternoon to President Obama's strategy speech on Afghanistan.

Hawaii's congressional leaders on Tuesday issued statements supporting President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.

Department of Agriculture inspectors Glenn Sakamoto, second from right, and Elliot Nakashima, far right, inspected fallen leaves from a shipment of Christmas trees from the Pacific Northwest for alien organisms yesterday at the Matson Shipping docks at Sand Island.

Five falls ago, I prepared a profile piece on retiring Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell .

ST. DAMIEN IS HONORED IN WASHINGTON: U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, right, and U.S. Rep.

Lorin the sheltie, left, and Cissy, a dachshund/Tibetan spaniel mix, both owned by Lori Ann Yamaguchi of Kailua, shared a moment with Santa Claws yesterday at "Pictures with Santa Claws and Mrs.

Healthcare reform legislation is one step closer to being done after a crucial vote in the U.S. Senate today with protesters rallying across the country opposed to the changes.

U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye has not endorsed a candidate for governor in 2010, but his staff does not dispute Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann's claim that the senator has urged him to run.

WASHINGTON - The word "saint" isn't used much on Capitol Hill. But it was today among Hawaii's lawmakers and a bishop from the Aloha State, who gathered to honor the recently canonized Saint Damien.

Mayor Mufi Hannemann took a step closer toward officially entering the race for governor last night as he hosted a $500-a-ticket fundraiser to fuel his campaign.

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President Barack Obama is steering some tourism trade and international attention to his native Hawaii in a couple of years.

The health care reform package approved by the U.S. House last week may bear little similarity to the Senate version, if one emerges.

If there's one thing the recent health care vote proves, it's that Nancy Pelosi is the most focused House speaker since Tip O'Neill. I'm not talking about the merits of the bill that emerged from the House - the debate on that subject is far from over.

WASHINGTON - Important work on developing a missile-defense system for possible use against Iranian weapons would be done on Kauai under a special request by Sen.

Daniel Inouye of Hawaii is co-sponsoring legislation that would allow the children of Filipino World War II veterans living in the United States to become permanent U.S. residents.

The former head of the Idaho Transportation Department filed a lawsuit Friday against the agency, saying she was fired in a political power play to help Gov.