|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other authors named Daniel:
|
|
|
|
Author's popularity: -1
Vote:  
|
If you like or dislike this author in general or one or more of their quotes in particular, please give us your feedback by clicking on the icon to vote for, or the icon to vote against them.
|
|
Popularity: 3
Vote: | I am old enough to remember when the University of Hawaii at Hilo was founded in 1947, amidst intense political pressure from the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. At the time, there was little money, and the enthusiasm was limited to those on this island. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | I am ready and prepared to work with the President, but I will not be a rubber stamp for any president. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | I do not personally agree with some of the positions that Mr. Gonzales has advocated, but that should come as no surprise, because I do not agree with many of the proposals made by the man who nominated him, President Bush. |
Popularity: -3
Vote: | I hope that the mistakes made and suffering imposed upon Japanese Americans nearly 60 years ago will not be repeated against Arab Americans whose loyalties are now being called into question. |
Popularity: -6
Vote: | Mr. Gonzales' failure to respond to questions legitimately posed to him by the Senate raises grave doubts in my mind as to his fitness to serve the people of the United States as their Attorney General. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | One doesn't become a soldier in a week - it takes training, study and discipline. There is no question that the finest Army in the world is found in the United States. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | Patriotism - is defined as "love and devotion to one's country." But, oftentimes, it takes as much, if not more courage to speak out against our government. It is that love of country that compel some to speak out and oppose our government's actions. |
Popularity: -1
Vote: | The ability to criticize and question our leaders is at the essence of democracy. |
Popularity: -7
Vote: | The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land. |
|
Biography
|
Daniel Ken Inouye (born September 7 1924) is the senior United States Senator from Hawaii. He has been a senator for more than 40 years, a distinction which few other current senators have achieved. He was also the first American of Japanese descent to serve in the United States House of Representatives and later the Senate. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Biography
Inouye was born in Honolulu, and spent his childhood there. In 1943 he enlisted in the Army. During the World War II campaign in Europe he received the Bronze Star and also the Distinguished Service Cross, which was later upgraded to the Medal of Honor (see the full citation at ). Although he lost his right arm in the war he remained in the military until 1947, discharged with the rank of captain. He went to college on the GI Bill, and by 1953 he had become a lawyer. 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 United States House of Representatives as one of Hawaii's first full members, and took office on August 21, 1959, when Hawaii became a state. He was reelected in 1960.
In 1962 he was elected to the United States Senate, succeeding fellow Democratic Sen. Oren E. Long. He has been re-elected every six years; 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992 and 1998. 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. He was a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2004 and easily defeated his Republican opponent, Campbell Cavasso.
"There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself." - Senator Daniel K. Inouye
...(more on Wikipedia)
|
|
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Daniel Inouye".
|
|
|