Obama, Biden to Attend Byrd's Memorial Service

Obama, Biden to Attend Byrd’s Memorial Service

By Jennifer Bendery

Posted June 29, 2010 at 6:48pm

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will attend Friday’s memorial service for the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the White House announced Tuesday.

The memorial service for Byrd, who died early Monday at 92, will be held in Charleston, W.Va.

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