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Yvette Clarke: “Mark Takai embodied the spirit of aloha, and I think we all were beneficiaries of that.”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
Mark Takai embodied the spirit of aloha, and I think we all were beneficiaries of that.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Honoring the late Mark Takai for his positive impact.

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