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Brian Schatz's Biggest 2014 Headache? The Governor Who Appointed Him

Washington Post: Is This Brian Schatz's Biggest 2014 Headache?
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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: Governor of Hawaii Neil Abercrombie attends the Norman Mailer Center's Fifth Annual Benefit Gala sponsored by Van Cleef & Arpels at the New York Public Library on October 17, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for The Norman Mailer Center)

In at least a pair of high-profile media interviews in recent months, Abercrombie stoked the tensions surrounding his controversial decision to appoint Schatz. The result has been a renewed focus on Abercrombie's choice to tap his lieutenant governor for the job that late-senator Daniel Inouye (D) wanted to go to his protege, Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii).

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