Hawaii committee calls for Obama statue in his birth state
HONOLULU — A state Senate committee in Hawaii on Tuesday called for a statue of former President Barack Obama to be erected in the state where he was born.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously for a resolution requesting that the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts commission the statue.
Obama was born in Honolulu in 1961 and graduated from Punahou School.
The resolution will be referred to the Hawaii Senate's Ways and Means committee for consideration.
Read more: http://triblive.com/usworld/world/13471072-74/hawaii-committee-calls-for-obama-statue-in-his-birth-state
Cross-posted in the Barack Obama Group.
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