WASHINGTON - Recovering from war wounds that left him with one arm, Danny Inouye wanted a cigarette and needed a light. The nurse at the Army hospital in Michigan threw a pack of matches on his chest.

Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) told his hometown newspaper that Barack Obama should pick a running mate with military experience. Inouye told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin that Obama should consider Sen.

Throughout his remarkable 49 years in Congress, the late Sen. Daniel K. Inouye fought hard to bring in billions of dollars in appropriations to help establish or bolster industries with significant, ...