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December 19, 2012      Matthew Berry, 202-418-2005 
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STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER AJIT PAI  
ON THE DEATH OF SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE 
 
Senator Daniel K. Inouye dedicated his life to serving others.  From his remarkable 
heroism on World War II battlefields to his decades representing his beloved State of Hawaii on 
Capitol Hill, Senator Inouye defended our freedoms and improved the lives of his fellow 
Americans.  It is fitting that his last word was “Aloha”; no one better embodied that spirit than 
Senator Inouye.  Senator Inouye’s body soon will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda.  This is a 
rare honor, but one that he richly deserves.