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Longest-serving US legislator Robert Byrd dies

2012-06-03 5 Dailymotion

Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member in the history of the US congress, has died.<br /><br />Byrd, who was 92, served for 57 years, held more leadership positions and cast more votes than any other US legislator.<br /><br />A Democrat, he was also a vocal opponent of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Tom Ackerman looks back at the career of the man who was seen as an institution. (June 29, 2010)

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