Iran-Contra Hearings Day 1 Part 1: Daniel Inouye Opening Statement (1987)

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Daniel Ken "Dan" Inouye (born September 7, 1924) is an American politician who currently serves as the senior United States Senator from Hawaii. He has been a U.S. Senator since 1963 and is currently the second-most-senior member after fellow Democrat Robert Byrd. He is the third longest serving U.S Senator in history, after Robert Byrd and Strom Thurmond. He has continuously represented Hawaii in the U.S. Congress since it achieved statehood in 1959, serving as Hawaii's first U.S. Representative and later a U.S. Senator. Inouye was the first Japanese-American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and later the first in the U.S. Senate. He is the third oldest U.S. Senator after Robert Byrd and Frank Lautenberg. He is also a recipient of the Medal of Honor. By tradition, Inouye is next in line to the position of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.

Although he lost his right arm in WWII, Inouye remained in the military until 1947 and was honorably discharged with the rank of captain. Due to the loss of his arm, he abandoned his plans to become a surgeon and returned to college to study political science under the GI Bill. He graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1950 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He earned his law degree from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. in 1953 and was elected into the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. Soon afterward he was elected to the territorial legislature, of which he was a member until shortly before Hawaii achieved statehood in 1959. He won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives as Hawaii's first full member, and took office on August 21, 1959, the same date Hawaii became a state; he was reelected in 1960.

In 1962 Inouye was elected to the U.S. Senate, succeeding fellow Democrat Oren E. Long. He is currently serving his eighth consecutive six-year term, having most recently run against Republican candidate Campbell Cavasso in 2004. He delivered the keynote address at the turbulent 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and gained national attention for his service on the Senate Watergate Committee. He was chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence from 1975 until 1979, and chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs from 1987 until 1995 and from 2001 until 2003. Inouye was also involved in the Iran-Contra investigations of the 1980s, chairing a special committee from 1987 until 1989.

In 2000, Inouye was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan in recognition of his long and distinguished career in public service.

In 2009, Inouye assumed leadership of the powerful Senate Committee on Appropriations after longtime chairman Robert Byrd stepped down.

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[4624tone]

EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN SHOULD ATLEAST SEE THIS OPENING, EVEN MEMORIZE IT, LAST FEW pREZ's HAVE FORGOT THESE AMERICAN WAYS!!

[PDSalling]

Senator Inouye seems to have missed the lecture delivered by former President Dwight Eisenhower regarding the perils of an unchecked 'Military Industrial Complex and the potential for undue-influence being exerted on American 'policy'. If you can't be part of the solution, you CAN be part of the problem !.

[PDSalling]

@IranContraScumDid911 

Thanks for your insight , and your opinion . You are dead on target.

[DominoChild]

Does anyone know where I can purchase these hearings?

[machine1600]

scum of the new world order.  He needs to live in prison for life

[IranContraScumDid911]

@superawsomekaratekid The fact these criminals did not serve a day in jail and he did not say a word ever again tells me quite a bit. I also respect his service, but that does not excuse him from knowing the full truth about a criminal coup within our government by the greatest killer lying scum ever to grace DC. The same folks Inouye (and Kerry) let off the hook are the men you are rebuilding the middle east for with loans from enemy China. The people behind this plot DID 9/11. TREASON!

[superawsomekaratekid]

@IranContraScumDid911 The point that I was trying to get a across was not to belittle your service but to make clear that it is wrong to insult that a man who served his country both domestically and over seas is unwarranted and that all he has strived to make this country a better place. Serving a country who at the time thought him the enemy

[superawsomekaratekid]

@IranContraScumDid911

Apparently you missed my point. But let me first say thank you and your entire family for your service and dedication to keeping America a free country. Without people like you serving our country would cease to exist.

[IranContraScumDid911]

@superawsomekaratekid I served, so did my dad, so did my grandfather, as well as my great-grandfather ..... all in foreign wars. You can blow me fool.

[superawsomekaratekid]

@IranContraScumDid911

Maybe if the country wasnt as racist at the time he would have gotten national attention for saving his country men and getting his arm blow off to save your freedom. So next time you talk so big i want you to hold up the body part you lost fighting for this country.