Obama's sister touts Hawaii ties on Maui

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Barack Obama's half sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, said she isn't taking "anything for granted" in the Hawaii Democratic caucuses Tuesday.
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"I want to emphasize my brother loves these islands. He loves these islands with every fiber of his being," Soetoro-Ng told the crowd.

She said Obama, his wife and children come back to Hawaii often and eat shaved ice, sushi and plate lunches.

"So much who he is, he credits Hawaii for," she said. "His ability to build bridges between worlds was built in these islands. That's an important ability to have today."

Soetoro-Ng recalled that after her brother graduated from Harvard, he had many lucrative job offers but instead put his attention to community organizing and assisted those less fortunate and those without resources.

"So please don't think he had less experience. He's got tons of experience in my estimate," she said to applause.