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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2013 file photo President Barack Obama talks with Irene Hirano in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Hirano Inouye, the widow of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii and the founding CEO of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, has died in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, after an extended illness. She was 71. Hirano Inouye had most recently served as president of the U.S.-Japan Council, which aims to develop and connect leaders to strengthen the U.S.-Japan relationship. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci,File)

Irene Hirano Inouye, widow of US senator from Hawaii, dies

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

FILE -- This Dec. 7, 2008 file photo shows U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during a ceremony commemorating the 67th anniversary of the Japanese attack. The U.S. Navy will christen a new guided missile destroyer the USS Daniel Inouye this weekend during a ceremony in Maine. The Arleigh Burke-class ship is being named after the war hero and politician who broke racial barriers in Congress. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, File)

Wife of late Sen. Inouye christens warship bearing his name

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press