Washington is scandalized by scandals — Benghazi, the IRS and the Tea Party, the DOJ and The Associated Press. Or is it?

Civil Beat political junkies Chad Blair and Kery Murakami — the latter ensconced in a Senate Press Gallery phone booth — talk about the talk of D.C.

Especially important to Hawaii: The possibility of millions of federal dollars to help the state help Micronesians, thanks to the efforts of Sen. Mazie Hirono.

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