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Byrd set to return to Hill |
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By Manu Raju
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Posted: 02/28/08 03:06 PM [ET] |
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Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) will return to Capitol Hill next week after being hospitalized because of severe back pains, his office announced Thursday. Byrd, 90, has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center since Tuesday after sustaining a back injury from a fall at his Virginia home on Monday night. X-rays showed that Byrd suffered no broken bones from his fall, according to the senator’s spokesman, Jesse Jacobs. Byrd will undergo physical therapy “to ensure he is steady on his feet when he returns to his Senate duties next week,” Jacobs said.Byrd is the longest-serving senator in U.S. history and is third in the line of presidential succession. The senator, who chairs the powerful Appropriations Committee, is often seen walking around the Capitol with two canes and the help of aides, but still delivers rousing speeches on the floor and at committee proceedings.
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