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Opening Statement by Sen. Inouye

Day 1: May 5, 1987

Chmn. Inouye opens the hearings with a statement of purpose and explains why the affair frustrated Americans, noting that "trust is the lubricant of our [American] system." This story, he says, "is not a pretty one."

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