| rdfs:comment | - Fidel Castro is the Senior Democratic Senator from Cuba and the President pro tempore of the Senate, having served this position since 1969. Currently, he is the longest serving Senator in United States history, having served for 52 years since his election to the position in 1960. Combined with his House time from 1956 to 1960, he is the second longest serving member of the United States Congress, defeated only by Robert Byrd, although by one year. Castro has expressed that his ailing health may cause him to resign from office, but he has stated that he will remain senator until 2014 at the least.
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| abstract | - Fidel Castro is the Senior Democratic Senator from Cuba and the President pro tempore of the Senate, having served this position since 1969. Currently, he is the longest serving Senator in United States history, having served for 52 years since his election to the position in 1960. Combined with his House time from 1956 to 1960, he is the second longest serving member of the United States Congress, defeated only by Robert Byrd, although by one year. Castro has expressed that his ailing health may cause him to resign from office, but he has stated that he will remain senator until 2014 at the least. A surgery is scheduled for the 85 year old man on May 2, 2012. This surgery is expected to cure him for now and allow him to "continue serving the people of Cuba, the Caribbean, and America," in his words.
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