The speech given by Sen. Robert Byrd on the Senate floor on March 19, 2003, just prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq -- and John McCain's response.
Mar 19, 2008
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The Senate's oldest member has had health troubles recently, but is reportedly uninjured after a spill
By Alex Koppelman
September 22, 2009
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Sen. Reid and I are introducing a bill that would require President Bush to begin redeployment and effectively end our military mission in Iraq by March 31, 2008.
By Sen. Russ Feingold
April 2, 2007
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The presidential candidate claims that if she knew then what she knows now, she wouldn't have voted for war. But others knew.
By Alex Koppelman and Jonathan Vanian
February 26, 2007
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Sen. Robert Byrd blasts fellow senators for believing "the garbage that was being spewed out by the administration" on Iraq, and thanks the airline passengers who "died to save this Capitol, my life and my staff."
By Mary Jacoby
July 24, 2004
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The West Virginian says his "heart and soul weeps" over his friend's death, as he wept for Kennedy last year
By Alex Koppelman
August 26, 2009
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In a letter to the president, the veteran senator says new White House offices "can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances."
By Alex Koppelman
February 25, 2009
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President Obama praises stricken senator.
By Vincent Rossmeier
January 20, 2009
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The long-serving senator from West Virginia announces that he'll cast his superdelegate vote for Obama.
By Alex Koppelman
May 19, 2008
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The defense secretary says he doesn't know whether the use-of-force authorization for Iraq covers the war the United States is fighting today.
By Tim Grieve
May 9, 2007
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Robert Byrd wants the president to remember that the Senate "can send you home."
By Tim Grieve
April 26, 2006
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As progressives cling to hope for a filibuster, the AP says Robert Byrd will vote to confirm Bush's nominee.
By Tim Grieve
January 26, 2006
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In an impassioned speech, Sen. Byrd voices his shock and dismay over the Bush administration's practice of spying on U.S. citizens.
December 21, 2005
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Top Bush administration officials called the bust of arms dealer Hemant Lakhani last week a major blow against terrorism. Security experts are skeptical.
By Paul J. Caffera
August 19, 2003
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When it comes to protecting passenger jets from a terrorist's shoulder-launched missile, the White House is taking a bargain-basement approach.
By Paul J. Caffera
June 10, 2003
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While the White House risks the horrors of war, the Senate is paralyzed, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., said in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, Feb. 12.
February 13, 2003
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Whether you're Sen. Robert Byrd or Eminem, it's the convoluted intention that counts, not the offensive slur. Plus: The KKK and Imelda on beauty.
By Carina Chocano
March 8, 2001
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Even after the impeachment debacle revealed just how out of touch they are, the Washington media elite are still trying to hustle the American people.
By Steve Erickson
February 17, 1999
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The American people acquitted Clinton long ago.
By Charles Taylor
February 13, 1999
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The American people acquitted Clinton long ago.
By Charles Taylor
February 13, 1999
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Republicans ratchet up the rhetoric, while looking for a way out.
By Joshua Micah Marshall
January 26, 1999
"Today, I weep for my country"
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