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Obama, former President Clinton eulogize Sen. Byrd

WASHINGTON – America’s first black President eulogized Sen. Robert Byrd Friday as a statesman whose youthful dalliance with the Ku Klux Klan was overcome by a long, fruitful and righteous career.

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Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia dead at 92 (AP)

U.S. Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) doffs his hat for reporters as he arrives at the Capitol in Washington, in this February 26, 2009 file photograph. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/FilesAP – Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a fiery orator versed in the classics and a hard-charging power broker who steered billions of federal dollars to the state of his Depression-era upbringing, died Monday. He was 92.


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Robert Byrd, Congress’ longest-serving senator, dead at 92

The nation’s longest-serving senator had died. Sen. Robert Byrd, the controversial 92-year-old from West Virginia, passed away earlier Monday morning.

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West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd dead at 92 (AP)

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 file photo, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., accompanied by long time staffer and scheduler Martha Anne McIntosh, waves as he arrives back on Capitol Hill in Washington. The West Virginia Democrat's office says the 92-year-old lawmaker has been in the hospital since late last week, Sunday, June 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP – Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a fiery orator versed in the classics and a hard-charging power broker who steered billions of federal dollars to the state of his Depression-era upbringing, died Monday. He was 92.


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Longtime Sen. Byrd in hospital, seriously ill (AP)

Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., questions panel members on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 20, 2010, during the Senate Health and Human Services subcommittee hearing on mine safety. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP – Sen. Robert C. Byrd, who holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress, is seriously ill in a Washington-area hospital.


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