Hillary Clinton is ready to lead on a global stage
Colleen Hanabusa is the former U. S. Representative for the First District of Hawaii.
This week, Hillary Clinton issued a statement in support of fully funding the Honouliuli National Monument, which would recognize the sacrifices of the 4,000 Japanese Americans held during World War II at the Honouliuli internment camp in Hawaii.
This is very special to me because when the discussions of designating Honouliuli as a monument were occurring, I was the only member of Congress who had a family member interned in Honouliuli. My grandfather, who was born on the Waianae Plantation, was a hard-working carpenter at the time of his internment. His only crime was that he helped establish the Waianae Hongwanji Mission.
Hillary’s recognition of Honouliuli demonstrates her thoughtful commitment to defending our civil liberties, especially in times of national crisis. This is particularly important now because the leading Republican presidential candidate has divisively called for the exclusion of Muslim immigrants solely because of their religion, and he has shamefully indicated that he would have supported internment camps for Japanese Americans during World War II.
In 2008, I joined U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye in supporting Hillary Clinton for president. At that time, I was the first woman to lead either chamber in the Hawaii state Legislature. After serving four years in Congress, I know my support of Hillary is even more critical today.
The tragic events in Belgium this week have made clear that our nation faces diverse and growing threats around the globe. I have seen firsthand that Hillary understands the importance of a strong national defense backed by sound judgment. I have no doubt that she is the best person to make the tough choices about how to spend our limited federal resources.
At this critical time, we must resist calls from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and others who have supported defense cuts that will not only undermine our military’s ability to keep Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region safe, but also cost local families good-paying jobs.
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Hillary does not forget her friends, and she has a deep understanding of Hawaii.
I was present when Sen. Inouye posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. When I saw Hillary at the ceremony, she said, “You and I were fortunate to have a great man as a friend. We will miss him.”
She was, of course, speaking of Sen. Inouye. I thought then, for Hillary to remember the senator’s legacy showed me her compassion, appreciation, loyalty and inherent sense of gratitude. It is no wonder that Hillary’s message of “love and kindness” resonates so deeply in an election season often polarized by the angriest voices.
Hillary understands the important role that Hawaii and our nation play in the world. She knows what must be done. She understands that the success of the United States in this century will be determined by our commitment to leading the way on the toughest global challenges without sacrificing the American values that make us great.
Hillary has demonstrated she is ready to lead on the global stage.
As secretary of state, Hillary led the “pivot to the Asia-Pacific” strategy to rebalance and intensify U.S. engagement in this critical region — a strategy that places Hawaii at the center of the world.
Hillary didn’t just talk about the importance of Asia. She made her first foreign trip as secretary of state to South Korea to affirm her commitment.
Hillary’s deep ties to Hawaii and to the Pacific have given her a unique understanding of the issues we face.
We all know that our ability to speak and to vote for our candidate of choice is the most fundamental American value, a value for which many have sacrificed.
My choice is Hillary.
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Funniest cartoon last year was the Easter Bunny saying, ‘Told you not to put all your eggs in one basket’.
I can see why a lawyer would back a criminal.
Yep. That does it. Voting for Bernie.
People forget fast in this town, so I’ll just put this here.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Mar/03/ln/ln01a.html
Colleen announcement was totally predictable. Vote for the vagina!
Actually very Establishment unlike Tulsi.
This article reads like a propaganda story for Dems who have & are destroying Hawaii and has caused America to become a much
weaker & divided nation.
The republicans have contributed to America’s decline far more than the democrats. Just remember that from WWII to Uncle Ron, all income groups rose proportionately while since Uncle Ron, the rich has gotten richer while the middle class gets squeezed. It is a shame that many democrats have become republican lite and have continued this income inequality. Hopefully Bernie can reverse it even if he does not become president.
yup! why do you think women didn’t get the vote until 1920? the vagina didn’t get the vote until 1920 for a reason. so i say more power to the vaginas!
I’m shocked that the previous post got thru the word robot.
Remember the old pictures of Nixon with a 5 O’Clock shadow and the caption: “Would you buy a used car from him?” I feel the same about Hillary. They say follow your gut instinct and I just don’t trust here–I am not alone. Polls show the public feels the same and I really think Bernie in not getting votes FOR him, I think he’s getting the anti-Clinton votes.
Yes good old Tricky Dick. Disliked him greatly at the time but he has turned out to be the last republican president who actually did something. Father of Obama Care perhaps might be his greatest achievement. Time will tell.
Pretty sad when mentioning a person’s name gets moderation. Wake up SA.
not the voting polls which are the polls that count. the voting polls show mrs. clinton BEATING mr. sanders by 30 percentage points (given their pledged delegates). mr. sanders supporters need to speak the truth, and the truth is that more people (who have voted thus far) trust mrs. clinton with their vote.
Hilary loves big corporations, big money and drug companies and is about as authentic as a $3 bill.
Hillary is a $3 bill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dY77j6uBHI
She is a typical politician who will say just about anything to get votes. In that regard, little different from big Ted or the Donald.
She was on the Board of Directors for Walmart, Arkansas based when Bill was governor–they are the biggest non-union private company in the world. Now, she’s wants the union votes??? Doesn’t anyone check her record–and her son-in-law, the hedge fund manager???
h3l| hath frozen over. I agree w/serious.
Thanks, awahana, for that blast from the past. Colleen and her husband know all kinds, used to swirl around the Jeff Stone & Dicky Wong crowd (famous for the exchanging of favors), maybe still do… BTW, I hear Jonnaven Monalim is still up to no good. Maybe Hilary should learn the old adage, “You lie down with dogs you wake up with glass.” Bernie does seem authentic. Kaisch too. Top bad their trailing, but my voting philosophy is to forget the polls and choose the best person; otherwise it’s just a degrading popularity contest.
“fleas”
“too bad”
“the leading Republican presidential candidate has divisively called for the exclusion of Muslim immigrants solely because of their religion,”
What he actually said was he would temporarily stop immigration from (some) Muslim countries until we figure out what the xxxx is going on.
I think you are exaggerating and twisting in a manner that earned Cruz the title “Lying Ted”.
“I have seen firsthand that Hillary understands the importance of a strong national defense backed by sound judgment.”
Sound judgement? She seems to have had a hand in every disaster in the Middle East, from Libya/Benghazi to Syria/Isis.
Sadly Colleen fails to realize that there is more to life than supporting the world’s largest military industrial complex. Shame Hanabusa didn’t address my main concern about sweet Hillary, her bad judgement in the past. Why the hell would she ever believe GW after 8 years of republicans doing nothing but lying about her husband? Then she just accepts what GW says about Iraq? Is she nuts?
I have yet to see that she has learned from her mistake so I will be following Tulsi’s advice and vote for Bernie come Saturday. Go Bernie!
I guess it’s okay provided that the computer system at Leavenworth is secure…
Anyone amused that a Democrat is backing a Socially liberal Republican with a neoconservative foreign policy who takes orders from Wall Street?
Trump is more of a democrat than Clinton and Clinton is more of a republican than Trump.
For how many decades has the U.S. used its military to overthrow leaders of foreign countries who are not to our liking? How much national treasure, human life, and moral authority has the interventionist foreign policy cost our nation? If Bernie Sanders can do nothing else, ending the arrogant and disastrous policy of interventionism would make it possible for us to take care of our own country.
BARF!!!!
Did she really write this while keeping a straight face?
This endorsement is coming to you from Collen..a has been who also joined the ranks of the unelectables….
If you are thinking about voting for Hillary, please go to Youtube and put “Hillary Clinton lying for 13 minutes”. It will video link show up under the name “Michael Armstrong”.
Correction: “I will show up under”
Judging from the comments expressed so far Clinton and Hanabusa would have a hard time being elected to any office.
Hillary has the experience and leadership skills to lead this country. She is a strong, informed and focused leader (just like Hanabusa).
What has Hillary accomplished in her political career? She’s just like her husband and will lie until backed into a corner.
obama and hiliar, as his secretary of state, are responsible for mid east regime changes that resulted in the rise of isis caliphates and isis terror attacks across the mid east, u.s. and europe.
Hanabata wrote: “Hillary’s deep ties to Hawaii and to the Pacific have given her a unique understanding of the issues we face.”
Do tell. What are her deep ties to the nei? The sentence is gibberish. Give me a break Colleen.
I was expecting an article on Hillary. However, when viewing Hanabusa’s face I thought it was the wrong article. Then it dawned on me (I’m slow) that Colleen is endorsing Hillary because Hillary endorsed the Honouilli Japanese internment camp ? Colleen then went on to reiterate about the failed attempts that Hillary /Obama tried to resolve on foreign policy. Not really.
As ISIS was left to regroup / rebuild now we have a bigger issue as Obama is starting to send US troops back to the middle east.
I’m hearing Tulsi on the radio endorsing Bernie. Perhaps she is trying to get on the Bernie ticket as VP. Politics as usual.
I have to also mention that Colleen Hanabusa has lost my confidence when she tried to convince the voters that Daniel Inouye hand selected her as the ‘chosen one’ to take his position. The voters thought otherwise and voted for Brian Schatz.
Where do they find all these candidates? Most of them are lawyers. Perhaps we need to revisit this phenomenon when the next election arises.
Remember in Jurassic Park when Steven Speilberg had a tyrannosaurus rex take out a lawyer ?