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Inouye and Stevens share 'pork' power

WASHINGTON » Sens. Ted Stevens of Alaska and Daniel Inouye of Hawaii are the best of friends in the Senate, so close they call each other brother.

Both are decorated veterans of World War II. They have worked together for nearly four decades as senators from the two youngest and farthest-flung states. And they share an almost unrivaled appetite for what some call political pork.

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