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President Obama speaks at a memorial service for Sen. Robert C. Byrd, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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From left, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, President Obama, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia Democrat, bow their heads at a memorial service for the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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The casket containing the body of the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd arrives aboard a West Virginia Air National Guard C-130 transport plane by an honor guard at Yeager Airport in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd will repose at the Capitol until Friday morning when a memorial service will be held. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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The casket containing the body of the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd arrives aboard a West Virginia Air National Guard C-130 transport plane by an honor guard at Yeager Airport in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd will repose at the Capitol until Friday morning when a memorial service will be held. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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A horse-drawn carriage carrying Sen. Robert C. Byrd leads a funeral procession through the streets of Charleston, W.Va. on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd will lie in repose at the Capitol until Friday morning when a memorial service will be held. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

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Mourners cover their hearts as the National Anthem is played during an arrival ceremony for the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd will repose at the Capitol until Friday morning when a memorial service will be held. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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The casket containing the body of the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd is removed by an honor guard at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd will repose at the Capitol until Friday morning when a memorial service will be held. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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A mourner bows her head during prayers at the Capitol for the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd will repose at the Capitol until Friday morning when a memorial service will be held. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Gov. Joe Manchin speaks during a ceremony for the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd will repose at the Capitol until Friday morning when a memorial service will be held. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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A line of people walk towards the Capitol to view the casket with Sen. Robert C. Byrd Thursday, July 1, 2010, in Charleston, W.Va. Mr. Byrd will lie in repose overnight at the Capitol until Friday morning when a memorial service will be held. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

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The casket with Sen. Robert C. Byrd lies in repose Thursday, July 1, 2010, Charleston, W.Va. Mr. Byrd will lie overnight at the Capitol until Friday morning when a memorial service will be held. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

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Visitors walk by the casket of Sen. Robert C. Byrd Thursday, July 1, 2010, Charleston, W.Va. Mr. Byrd will lie in repose overnight at the Capitol until Friday morning when a memorial service will be held. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

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Grace Smiley, 16, of Cross Lanes, W.Va., lays a flower at the casket of Sen. Robert C. Byrd early Friday, July 1, 2010, in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

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The casket of the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried by a military honor guard funeral detail up the Senate steps during arrival ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, July 1, 2010 in Washington. UPI/Bill O'Leary/POOL

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The hearse carrying the casket of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, arrives at the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd, who died Monday, June 28, 2010, at 92 and was the longest serving senator in history, will lie in repose in the Senate Chamber until he is moved to West Virginia later Thursday. UPI/Chris Kleponis

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Sen. Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia Democrat, greets staff members of the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, as they wait for the arrival of his casket on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July, 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Bill O'Leary, Pool)

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The casket of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried by an Honor Guard into the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd, who died Monday, June 28, 2010, at 92 and was the longest serving senator in history, will lie in repose in the Senate Chamber until he is moved to West Virginia later Thursday. UPI/Chris Kleponis

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Sen. Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia Democrat, left, and others, watch as the casket containing the remains of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried up the Senate steps on Capitol hill in Washington, Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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The casket of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried by an Honor Guard into the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd, who died Monday, June 28, 2010, at 92 and was the longest serving senator in history, will lie in repose in the Senate Chamber until he is moved to West Virginia later Thursday. UPI/Chris Kleponis

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The casket containing the remains of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried up the Senate steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)