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  <title>Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV]</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/atom_news/300016_robert_byrd" rel="self"/>
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  <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name>opencongress.org</name>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/news/300016</id>
  <entry>
    <title>Pork Alert: 2009 Military Construction</title>
    <link href="http://www.pr-inside.com/pork-alert-2009-military-construction-r851251.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/commentary/2988034</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>PR-Inside.com</name>
    </author>
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...Sen. Inouye requested $17 million for the same project in 2006.   -- $27 million by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) for a fuel system/corrosion control hangar at Yeager Airport.   -- $18.4 million by House Military Constru&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pr-inside.com/pork-alert-2009-military-construction-r851251.htm"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Study would examine Iraq  troop withdrawals</title>
    <link href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/study-would-examine-iraq-troop-withdrawals-2008-10-07.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2981637</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Hill,&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
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... Robert Byrd (DW.Va.), both fierce opponents of the Iraq war, suggest the study would determine the impact of withdrawing troops from Iraq. &#226;&#8364;&#339;Sen. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/study-would-examine-iraq-troop-withdrawals-2008-10-07.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Your Vents: Tuesday, October 7, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailymail.com/Opinion/VentLine/200810070224" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2978301</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily Mail - Charleston,&amp;nbsp;WV</name>
    </author>
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Robert Byrd is a very humble and sweet person and he does not want all of these things named after him. He doesn't ask for that. He has worked in Congress ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.com/Opinion/VentLine/200810070224"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Iraq films let soldiers speak for themselves</title>
    <link href="http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/iraq_films_let_soldiers_speak_for_themselves/Content?oid=369901" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2978296</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Creative Loafing,&amp;nbsp;NC</name>
    </author>
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Body of War most often revisits the anti-war speech by Sen. Robert Byrd, who later  refers to himself and other anti-war senators as "The Immortal 23. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/iraq_films_let_soldiers_speak_for_themselves/Content?oid=369901"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Costs of war: Iraq waste</title>
    <link href="http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&amp;amp;id=92428" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2978294</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>ISN,&amp;nbsp;Switzerland</name>
    </author>
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... according to veteran Democratic senator and powerful chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who has sent staff to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&amp;id=92428"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senator Clinton To Come Back To West Virginia</title>
    <link href="http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&amp;amp;storyid=26775" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2978293</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>West Virginia MetroNews,&amp;nbsp;WV</name>
    </author>
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... here for Anne Barth,"  says Barth Campaign Spokesperson Talley Sergent who says Barth had some help from her former boss, Senator Robert Byrd, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&amp;storyid=26775"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Study would examine Iraq troop withdrawals</title>
    <link href="http://thehill.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=76915&amp;amp;Itemid=70" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2981643</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Hill</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
...Democrats leverage in their effort to force a troop withdrawal.  Kennedy and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), both fierce opponents of the Iraq war, suggest the study would determine the impact of withdrawing troops from I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thehill.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=76915&amp;Itemid=70"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Anderson County Emergency Services</title>
    <link href="http://www.oakridger.com/news/x1374046008/Anderson-County-Emergency-Services" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2981639</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Oak Ridger,&amp;nbsp;TN</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Director Robert Byrd has served over 10 years as county EMS director and currently serves as chairman of the state EMS Board. ACEMS employs a fulltime ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.oakridger.com/news/x1374046008/Anderson-County-Emergency-Services"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>DITHERING IN WASHINGTON DC</title>
    <link href="http://www.santiagotimes.cl/santiagotimes/news/enviromental-news/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=14814&amp;amp;Itemid=1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2981638</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Santiago Times,&amp;nbsp;Chile</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... relations professor and served as press secretary to Sen. J. William Fulbright, foreign / defense policy adviser to Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.santiagotimes.cl/santiagotimes/news/enviromental-news/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=14814&amp;Itemid=1"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Obscuring Constitution Day</title>
    <link href="http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=4212B5ED-F2B7-49F1-B5D5-12A8D3BAC494" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/commentary/2981640</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>FrontPage magazine.com,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Senator Robert Byrd, Democrat from West Virginia, championed this initiative recognizing that students were not grasping the content or the magnitude of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=4212B5ED-F2B7-49F1-B5D5-12A8D3BAC494"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Professor reassures students' in midst of financial crisis</title>
    <link href="http://www.kansan.com/stories/2008/oct/06/ECON/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-05:/commentary/2978303</id>
    <updated>2008-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>University Daily Kansan,&amp;nbsp;KS</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
and Sen. Robert Byrd (DW.Va.), the current president pro tempore of the Senate. The letter, signed by more than 200 economists from 100 universities around ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kansan.com/stories/2008/oct/06/ECON/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Alphabet Networks for Obama, Biden-Palin Debate and Moderator Ifill</title>
    <link href="http://www.webcommentary.com/asp/ShowArticle.asp?id=gaynorm&amp;amp;date=081005" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-04:/commentary/2978298</id>
    <updated>2008-10-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>WEBCommentary</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Fifty Republican senators and one independent (Robert Smith of New Hampshire) voted against ratification, and Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) voted "present. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webcommentary.com/asp/ShowArticle.asp?id=gaynorm&amp;date=081005"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Potential line of succession scarier than Palin</title>
    <link href="http://www.eurekareporter.com/article/081003-potential-democrat-line-of-succession-scarier-than-palin" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-04:/commentary/2978297</id>
    <updated>2008-10-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Eureka Reporter,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... Majesty Ms. Pelosi with a poll rating of nine; 3) Sen. Robert Byrd, who needs a prompter to tell him each morning what day it is and what town he&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s in. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eurekareporter.com/article/081003-potential-democrat-line-of-succession-scarier-than-palin"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Susan Collins&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s experience makes her the best choice for US Senate</title>
    <link href="http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2008-10-03&amp;amp;section=2&amp;amp;id=3" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/commentary/2978300</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bowdoin Orient,&amp;nbsp;ME</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
In contrast, senators such as Robert Byrd, a Democrat from West Virginia, display a propensity to prioritize his state above national matters. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2008-10-03&amp;section=2&amp;id=3"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>To Joe Biden: Time for Confession</title>
    <link href="http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=28141" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/commentary/2981642</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Middle East Online,&amp;nbsp;UK</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Sen. Robert Byrd, who unlike you and some other Democratic senators had no presidential aspirations, rightly observed at the time that those who &#226;&#8364;&#339;voted for ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=28141"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Biden, Palin court middle-class vote</title>
    <link href="http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081003/NEWS01/81003001" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/commentary/2981641</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bethany Beach Wave,&amp;nbsp;DE</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Democratic lobbyist Robert Byrd, a close adviser to Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, said his friend Biden was "as good as I ever saw him. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081003/NEWS01/81003001"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Capito re-thinking bailout vote; Jay, Byrd explain their support</title>
    <link href="http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=5244" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-02:/commentary/2978295</id>
    <updated>2008-10-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>West Virginia Public Broadcasting,&amp;nbsp;WV</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
A lot of regulation. And the government has to step in,&#226;&#8364;&#157; Rockefeller said. Sen. Robert Byrd also reluctantly voted for the bill. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=5244"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>West Virginia: Rockefeller Hosts Event for Capito Challenger</title>
    <link href="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_43/atr/28986-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-02:/commentary/2940648</id>
    <updated>2008-10-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Roll Call</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
...to hold a campaign fundraiser at the home of Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D) Wednesday night. Barth, a former top aide to Sen. Robert Byrd (D), has been highly touted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as she works to unseat four-term Rep. Shel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_43/atr/28986-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Ray McGovern : To Joe Biden: time for confession</title>
    <link href="http://www.petroleumworld.com/Lag08100101.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-01:/commentary/2978306</id>
    <updated>2008-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Petroleumworld.com,&amp;nbsp;Venezuela</name>
    </author>
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Sen. Robert Byrd who, unlike you and other Senate Democrats, had no presidential ambitions, rightly observed at the time that those who "voted for a ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.petroleumworld.com/Lag08100101.htm"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bush&#8217;s $50B plan surprises DoD, Congress</title>
    <link href="http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2007/08/defense_supplemental_request_07031/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-30:/commentary/2928838</id>
    <updated>2008-09-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Military Times</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
...Clinton. &#8220;By every measure, more troops are there, equipment is being worn out or damaged faster than projected.&#8221; Sen. Robert Byrd, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said it was clear to him that the $147 billion request did not inclu&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2007/08/defense_supplemental_request_07031/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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