RIP Senator Daniel Inouye

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

The death yesterday of Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii marks the passing of the Greatest Generation’s Democrats in Congress who believed in, and practiced, the philosophy Ronald Reagan called “peace through strength.”

Senator Inouye came by this conviction the old fashioned way: He lived it. As a young Japanese-American in World War II, he earne the nation’s highest military decoration – the Medal of Honor – for the heroic combat that cost him his right arm. He never forgot the horrible lessons of war.

And as a senior legislator, Senator Inouye worked tirelessly to ensure that America was so formidable that it could reliably deter aggression – and, if deterrence nonetheless failed, that America would surely prevail.

We will miss Senator Daniel Inouye and the lifelong contribution he made to the bipartisan pursuit of peace through strength.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.