FILE: Sen. Robert Byrd Hospitalized
WASHINGTON - MAY 15: Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) waits to deliver his opening remarks before the Senate Appropriations Committee's full committee markup of the FY2008 emergency supplemental bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan May 15, 2008 in Washington, DC. It was reported that Sen. Byrd was taken to the hospital after falling in his home this morning September 22, 2009. The 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat is under observation but hasn't been admitted to the hospital. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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