Congress: RIP, Sen. Inouye

The Honolulu Star Advertiser: “Hawaii mourns 'An American hero'.”

Here’s its cover, which is entirely about Inouye. Subhead: “The venerable senator ‘changed our islands forever.’”

“Democrat Daniel Inouye, the U.S. Senate's most senior member and a Medal of Honor recipient for his bravery during World War II, has died. He was 88,” USA Today writes.

Here’s Nightly News on Inouye.

Political Wire: “The Washington Post notes that less than two hours after Sen. Daniel Inouye died, the Senate passed a resolution naming Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) as the new president pro tempore.” And: “Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) will be the only -- and likely the final -- veteran of World War II serving in the Senate next year."

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Pigotry

A class act. RIP

4 votes

#1 - Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:06 AM EST

Jody, Iowa

Rest in peace, Senator Inouye; you represented what a life-time of public service for your constituents means. Thoughts and prayers to his family and friends. Aloha.

4 votes

#2 - Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:10 AM EST

Pigotry

RIP, Senator Inouye whose death rips my heart out.

2 votes

#2.1 - Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:27 AM EST

Beverly in Chicago

RIP Senator Daniel Inouye 1924 – 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wcncgf_sGzQ

Statement by the President on the Passing of Senator Daniel Inouye

Tonight, our country has lost a true American hero with the passing of Senator Daniel Inouye. The second-longest serving Senator in the history of the chamber, Danny represented the people of Hawaii in Congress from the moment they joined the Union. In Washington, he worked to strengthen our military, forge bipartisan consensus, and hold those of us in government accountable to the people we were elected to serve. But it was his incredible bravery during World War II – including one heroic effort that cost him his arm but earned him the Medal of Honor – that made Danny not just a colleague and a mentor, but someone revered by all of us lucky enough to know him. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Inouye family.

Senator Daniel Inouye stayed the course and finished the race; despite living in an interment camp. He was a great American.

My thoughts go out to his family