Thurmond Recovers, Returns to Senate
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Sen. Strom Thurmond, at 97 the oldest senator in American history, gaveled the Senate to order after being hospitalized over the weekend for losing consciousness at a restaurant. Thurmond (R-S.C.) was released from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, spokeswoman Genevieve Erny said. He immediately returned to his routine of opening the daily Senate session, part of his duties as Senate president pro tem. Erny said the problem was likely dehydration.
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