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goodhue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 06:23 PM
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49. Byrd Defends Dayton's Office Closure
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041...

Byrd Defends Dayton's Office Closure

2 hours, 30 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The Senate's most senior member on Thursday defended Sen. Mark Dayton (news, bio, voting record)'s decision to close his Washington office over concerns about a terrorist attack.

"Senator Dayton took this precautionary step based on his conscience and his responsibility to his staff," said Sen. Robert Byrd (news, bio, voting record), an eight-term Democratic senator from West Virginia. "I commend him."

Byrd, 86, said in a statement that law enforcement and intelligence experts have warned senators about increased threats to the Capitol in recent weeks.

"They have urged senators to be prepared to have their staffs work from alternate locations," Byrd said. "Senators ought not take these warnings lightly. And those senators who put in place prudent security measures should not be mocked."

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041...
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  -Dayton closes D.C. office over security concerns goodhue  Oct-12-04 01:55 PM   #0 
  - big oil after dayton..  loveable liberal   Oct-12-04 01:57 PM   #1 
  - NORAD after Dayton?  JackRiddler   Oct-12-04 09:53 PM   #36 
  - Great way to leak the contents of the report without actually leaking it  nothingshocksmeanymore   Oct-12-04 01:58 PM   #2 
  - What's the report?  Stephanie   Oct-12-04 02:00 PM   #3 
     - Apparently a classified intelligence report  nothingshocksmeanymore   Oct-12-04 02:14 PM   #4 
        - We don't see chimp in DC, do we?  Timefortruth   Oct-12-04 03:09 PM   #9 
  - What the heck is going on?  joanski01   Oct-12-04 02:17 PM   #5 
  - I tried to get him to move to Ohio.  Kukesa   Oct-12-04 02:34 PM   #6 
  - Sorry, he's ours and we're keeping him.  MnFats   Oct-12-04 02:45 PM   #7 
  - Yes, I wish Paul was still around also!!!  VegasWolf   Oct-13-04 07:45 PM   #42 
  - hands off! He's ours and we ain't tradin'!  northernsoul   Oct-14-04 08:07 AM   #45 
  - Kick  robertpaulsen   Oct-12-04 03:09 PM   #8 
  - Raise the threat level  LibertyLover   Oct-12-04 04:24 PM   #22 
  - Avoid travel to D.C.!?  goodhue   Oct-12-04 03:09 PM   #10 
  - Can't wait to see our state GOP attack him  Dickie Flatt   Oct-12-04 03:23 PM   #11 
  - He will probably look foolish  Freddie Stubbs   Oct-12-04 03:31 PM   #12 
     - prudent is more like it  goodhue   Oct-12-04 03:36 PM   #13 
     - Then why aren't any other Senators joining him?  Freddie Stubbs   Oct-12-04 03:38 PM   #14 
        - they lack guts  goodhue   Oct-12-04 03:40 PM   #16 
        - Does anyone really think that Robert Byrd lacks guts?  Freddie Stubbs   Oct-12-04 03:59 PM   #18 
           - it only takes one senator to call Frist's bluff  goodhue   Oct-12-04 04:02 PM   #20 
           - And that is something that Dayton has not done  Freddie Stubbs   Oct-12-04 04:12 PM   #21 
              - You're wrong ...  maryallen   Oct-12-04 04:41 PM   #26 
                 - He hasn't called their bluff on this particular point  Freddie Stubbs   Oct-12-04 04:54 PM   #27 
                    - Dayton dismayed & perplexed by Frist's unwillingness to discuss situation  goodhue   Oct-12-04 06:37 PM   #29 
           - Byrd Defends Dayton's Office Closure  goodhue   Oct-14-04 06:23 PM   #49 
        - What we're not being told  dflprincess   Oct-12-04 07:28 PM   #31 
     - so what  AtTheEndOfTheDay   Oct-12-04 09:39 PM   #35 
  - more here from CBS  goodhue   Oct-12-04 03:40 PM   #15 
  - Here it comes!  drb   Oct-12-04 03:58 PM   #17 
  - methinks Dayton is trying to preempt some of that  goodhue   Oct-12-04 04:00 PM   #19 
  - I guess if he figures he's away....his staff shares all of the risk...  LeinesRed   Oct-12-04 04:28 PM   #23 
  - Calling a bluff?  LeinesRed   Oct-12-04 04:30 PM   #24 
  - Faux isn't hyperventilating over the story yet....  LeinesRed   Oct-12-04 04:32 PM   #25 
  - If his office near either Kerry or Edwards' offices?  LisaM   Oct-12-04 05:22 PM   #28 
  - I am liking my Senator more and more.  ocelot   Oct-12-04 07:06 PM   #30 
  - Presumably specific to Capitol Hill  undisclosedlocation   Oct-12-04 07:39 PM   #32 
  - Shit, this is one of the scariest things I've read on DU  Generator   Oct-12-04 08:14 PM   #33 
  - Is Dayton fearful?  goodhue   Oct-12-04 08:53 PM   #34 
  - kick  goodhue   Oct-13-04 07:39 AM   #37 
  - intended to influence election?  goodhue   Oct-13-04 08:31 AM   #38 
  - Bush Slams Mark Dayton for Heeding Advice of Intelligence Report  goodhue   Oct-13-04 02:21 PM   #39 
  - Is he trying to warn us about something?  AlFrankenFan   Oct-13-04 06:42 PM   #40 
  - I think DC is on heightened alert because  RainDog   Oct-13-04 07:40 PM   #41 
     - here's the link  RainDog   Oct-13-04 07:48 PM   #43 
  - Dayton defends move . . .  goodhue   Oct-14-04 07:40 AM   #44 
  - Does Mark Dayton know something we don't?  goodhue   Oct-14-04 09:39 AM   #46 
  - Courage of convictions for his staff . . .  goodhue   Oct-14-04 10:21 AM   #47 
  - I think he believes the anthrax to Democrats was scary stuff  Bandit   Oct-14-04 10:59 AM   #48 
 

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