Inouye gets Capitol send-off

By John Yaukey
Special to the Star-Advertiser

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 21, 2012

~~<p>WASHINGTON » A day of tribute Thursday in the U.S Capitol's resplendent rotunda for Sen. Daniel K. Inouye drew not only reverent lawmakers and the Washington elite, but Hawaii residents who made the trip to say aloha to the man who served Hawaii since statehood.</p>
<p>The thousands of miles from Honolulu Airport didn't matter for Oahu resident Vaughn Vasconcellos, who booked last-minute plane tickets from Hawaii to pay his respects to Inouye, who rested in state Thursday where Presidents Lincoln, Kennedy and Reagan once lay in repose.</p>
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WASHINGTON » A day of tribute Thursday in the U.S Capitol's resplendent rotunda for Sen. Daniel K. Inouye drew not only reverent lawmakers and the Washington elite, but Hawaii residents who made the trip to say aloha to the man who served Hawaii since statehood.

The thousands of miles from Honolulu Airport didn't matter for Oahu resident Vaughn Vasconcellos, who booked last-minute plane tickets from Hawaii to pay his respects to Inouye, who rested in state Thursday where Presidents Lincoln, Kennedy and Reagan once lay in repose. Login for more...