Department of Veterans Affairs breaks ground on new community clinic in Kalaeloa
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Dr. Adam Robinson, director of VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the ALOHA VA multi-specialty clinic on Tuesday in Kalaeloa. The $120 million Advanced Leeward Outpatient Healthcare Access (ALOHA) multi-specialty VA clinic is the first new major VA project of its size since the Spark Matsunaga VA Ambulatory Care Clinic opened at Tripler Army Medical Center in 2000.
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A mound of dirt is seen on the large plot of land for the ALOHA VA multi-specialty clinic on Tuesday.
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Millannie Watson, daughter of late Sen. Daniel Akaka, smiles during a groundbreaking ceremony for the ALOHA VA multi-specialty clinic on Tuesday.
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Sen. Kai Kahele speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the ALOHA VA multi-specialty clinic on Tuesday.
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Steve Colon, president of Hunt Companies development division Hawaii, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the ALOHA VA multi-specialty clinic on Tuesday.
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Danny Akaka Jr., son of late Sen. Daniel Akaka, blows a conch shell as he and wife Anna lead a pule and blessing.
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Danny Akaka Jr., left, son of late Sen. Daniel Akaka, and wife, Anna, lead a pule and blessing during a groundbreaking ceremony for the ALOHA VA multi-specialty clinic on Tuesday.
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Danny Akaka Jr., second from left, son of late Sen. Daniel Akaka, and wife, Anna, lead a pule and blessing during a groundbreaking ceremony for the ALOHA VA multi-specialty clinic on Tuesday.
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Danny Akaka Jr., son of late Sen. Daniel Akaka, second from left, and wife, Anna lead, a pule and blessing during a groundbreaking ceremony for the ALOHA VA multi-specialty clinic on Tuesday.
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Danny Akaka Jr., son of late Sen. Daniel Akaka, and wife, Anna, lead a pule and blessing during a groundbreaking ceremony.
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Craig Oswald, right, senior facility planner for VA Hawaii, hands an o’o to Millannie Mattson, daughter of late Sen. Daniel Akaka, during a groundbreaking ceremony for the ALOHA VA multi-specialty clinic on Tuesday.
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Danny Akaka Jr., second from left, son of late Sen. Daniel Akaka, and wife, Anna, lead a pule and blessing during a groundbreaking ceremony.
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Danny Akaka Jr., second from left, son of late Sen. Daniel Akaka, and his wife, Anna, lead a pule and blessing.
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Cmdr. Donovan Lazarus, U.S. Army retired, left, speaks with Danny Akaka Jr., son of late Sen. Daniel Akaka, and Akaka Jr.’s wife, Anna, right, during a groundbreaking ceremony for the ALOHA VA multi-specialty clinic on Tuesday.
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Sen. Kai Kahele, right, talks with Danny Akaka Jr., second from left, son of late Sen. Daniel Akaka, and Akaka Jr.’s wife, Anna, left, during a groundbreaking ceremony for the ALOHA VA multi-specialty clinic on Tuesday.
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Dr. Adam Robinson, left, director of VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, presents a challenge coin to Nicholas Akaka, right, son of late Sen. Daniel Akaka.
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Dr. Adam Robinson, left, director of VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, presents a challenge coin to Nicholas Akaka, right, son of late Sen. Daniel Akaka.
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A rendering of the ALOHA VA multi-specialty clinic is seen as Sen. Kai Kahele sits during a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday.
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