Transcript: Interview: Senator Robert Byrd discusses his new book

TAVIS SMILEY
Tavis Smiley (NPR)
09-08-2004
Interview: Senator Robert Byrd discusses his new book

Host: TAVIS SMILEY
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM

TAVIS SMILEY, host:

From NPR in Los Angeles, I'm Tavis Smiley.

Of the nearly 12,000 people who served in Congress, only two have served longer than West Virginia senior Senator Robert Byrd. In fact, he's been in Washington so long that he used to sit across the aisle from a former Connecticut senator by the name of Prescott Bush, also known as the grandfather of the current president. Having worked hand in hand with 10 commander in chiefs over 52 years, one would have to consider Senator Byrd something of an expert on the American presidency. Well, while ...

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