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“Imagine yourself as a wife, and you have to look at a brain-injured husband for the rest of your life, and he can't talk to you. But we're paying for this. That's the easy part, money payment. But how do you pay for the misery? So if we can, we should be able to avoid war.”

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Daniel Inouye was a prominent American politician who served as a U.S. Senator. Born on September 7, 1924, in Hawaii, he passed away on December 17, 2012. Senator Inouye served in the U.S. Senate for 50 years, making him one of the longest-serving senators in American history. more

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