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                Americans Pay Tribute to Hawaii's Daniel Inouye

   by VOA News

   U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has remembered his former Senate
   colleague, Hawaii's Daniel Inouye, as a remarkable war hero and a
   distinguished, highly respected lawmaker.
   Biden, who was a senator from Delaware before becoming vice president,
   spoke Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, where Inouye's body is lying in
   state ahead of a funeral on Friday in Washington.
   Inouye's flag-draped coffin is at the Capitol Rotunda for public
   viewing. The 88-year-old lawmaker died Monday from respiratory
   complications.
   Inouye, a Democrat, had served in Congress since Hawaii became a state
   in 1959. He was a decorated World War II veteran and Medal of Honor
   recipient. He had been hospitalized since December 6, when he fainted
   in his Capitol Hill office.
   President Barack Obama said Monday the country has "lost a true
   American hero."
   At the time of his death, Inouye was the Senate's president pro
   tempore, the third person in line for the presidency after the vice
   president and the speaker of the House of Representatives.  He also
   chaired the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.
   He served in World War II and lost his right arm in battle in Italy.
   Inouye was the first Japanese-American elected to Congress. He entered
   as a representative in 1959 and was reelected in 1960. He was first
   elected to the Senate in 1962 and was serving his ninth consecutive
   term.
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