Daniel Inouye - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Daniel Inouye Index / People Transcripts Max Baucus ...way back, when it was Ted Stevens and Danny Inouye , they were as thick as thieves. Bu... Ken Salazar ...to say yes at the end was with Senator Danny Inouye . Senator Inouye had been a hero o... ...the end was with Senator Danny Inouye. Senator Inouye had been a hero of mine for a lon... ...do, going back to the conversation with Danny Inouye as to why the Department of Interior i... ...one. On the history side, we also— Danny Inouye —I think I may have mentioned this t... ...in one of our conversations. But Danny Inouye had said to me that the most importan... ...that's not that important. And Danny Inouye would say to me—and this is when I wa... ...access. And I knew the people, Danny Inouye . I knew a lot of the Republicans, s... Show more... Kimberly Teehee ...on Indian Affairs being led by Senator Daniel Inouye and Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell an... Gloria Borland ...of the congressional delegation. And Senator Inouye hired me on the spot. So I was a cler... ...But I had already took the job with the Inouye , so I had to turn that down. But but ... ...pandemic, and I was doing research on Senator Inouye , and so she was filling me in on a lo... ...it in Obama. I did a lot of research on Senator Inouye because I'm friends with his son Ke... ...because I'm friends with his son Ken Inouye and his chief of staff is Pat DeLeone... ...DeLeone, yeah. And so I see a lot of Senator Inouye 's success is because he's from Hawaiʻ... ...President Lyndon Johnson in 1968 wanted Senator Inouye to be vice president. Oh. I don'... ...Patsy had that. But people don't know. Senator Inouye had that, where he could sit around an... ...sit around and relate. I learned that Senator Inouye was a musician. He wanted to be, i... ...[unclear] . So the story is is that Senator Inouye wanted to be a doctor, a surgeon. Bu... ...manager of a swing band, you know, the Dan Inouye band, he wanted to have a Dan Inouy... ...Dan Inouye band, he wanted to have a Dan Inouye band. He would have done that. Yo... ...to Washington and succeed Patsy Mink, Senator Inouye , and Barack Obama. And in fact, Obam... ...Barack Obama. And in fact, Obama said Inouye was his role model. Patsy Mink was hi... ...that. And then what I found out is that Senator Inouye mentored young Obama when he was a ne... ...Illinois. And he also mentored – Senator Inouye mentored Joe Biden. Oh? Yeah, yeah... ...Biden. Oh? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So when Senator Inouye died, at his funeral service i... ...in one of – I have a quote, he said, " Dan Inouye was my Senator most of my life,... ...my Senator most of my life," [laughs] " Dan Inouye was my senator most of my life." That'... ...in Washington. Yes, definitely. So Inouye , Patsy Mink, Obama – there's somethin... ...the world. Those three people: Obama, Inouye , and Patsy Mink are great examples... ...sense of humor, like you spoke of with Inouye and Patsy Mink as well, have you – ... Show more... Neil Abercrombie ...don't know. Probably happenstance like Dan Inouye , right? And the haoles on th... ...distinct personalities than Dan Akaka, Inouye , and Abercrombie and Mink? Come on. ... ...was me [laughs] and Brian and and the Inouye forces out there. He had no ... ...Democratic vote and of course, with Inouye passing away, a vote disappeared. So h... Kēhaulani Lum ...should come about was actually over in Senator Inouye 's office, and then we help on th... Brian Bond ...Well, actually, the blogger world—Shin Inouye , who did specialty comm... ...would probably shoot me, but poor Shin Inouye probably got the brunt of a lot of it... Related Topics go to the Labor Labor go to the Transparency and Media Transparency and Media go to the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere go to the Financial Crisis and the Economy Financial Crisis and the Economy go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns