AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! Senator Daniel Akaka
Name: Daniel Akaka
Hails from: Honolulu, Hawaii
Occupation: U.S. Senator
Known for: Being the first senator of native Hawaiian ancestry and the only Chinese-American to currently hold that position, serving in the Army Corps of Engineers during WWII, chairing the Senate’s Veterans Affairs Committee, co-sponsoring the new bipartisan GI Bill that promises to provide college educations to Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans after three or more years of service (which Bush is threatening to veto), sporting a bitchin’ silver coif.
Filed under: Afghanistan--'Memba That?, Bitchin' Hairdos, Chinese-Americans, Daniel Akaka, George Bush is a Dick, Hawaiians, Iraq, Memorial Day, The U.S. Senate, Veterans
