Robert Byrd

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Energized Byrd, 91, returns to manage Senate bill

AP News 33 days ago

Byrd, 91, manages Senate bill a week after speaking on Senate floor about Afghanistan West Virginia Democrat Robert C. Byrd reappeared on the Senate floor Tuesday with some of his old bluster back after a season of frailty, this time to manage ...

Byrd

AP News 34 days ago

Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., arrives at his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) Copyright 2009 AP News

Senior US Senator opposes Afghan ramp-up

AFP American Edition 40 days ago

The longest-serving US Senator made an emotional plea Wednesday against sending more US troops to Afghanistan, warning that the top military commander there had "lost sight" of the war's key goals. Democratic Senator Robert Byrd said in a speech to his colleagues ...

Sen. Robert Byrd released from hospital after fall

AP Features 60 days ago

Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving senator in history, is out of the hospital. The 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat was hospitalized for two days after tests uncovered an elevated white-blood cell count. The possible infection turned up during treatment for a fall ...

FILE: Sen. Robert Byrd Hospitalized

Getty Images 62 days ago

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 11: Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) looks towards a passing airplane as he takes part in a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol September 11, 2008 in Washington, DC. It was reported that Sen. Byrd was taken to the ...

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