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February 23, 2010, Tuesday
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AN aide to Dick Cheney says the former vice president is in George Washington Hospital after experiencing chest pains.
Cheney's assistant, Peter Long, said in a statement late yesterday that the 69-year-old Cheney was resting comfortably and his doctors were evaluating the situation.
Cheney, who was George W. Bush's vice president, has a history of heart problems and uses a pacemaker.
In 2008, doctors restored a normal rhythm to his heart with an electric shock. It was the second time in less than a year that Cheney had experienced and been treated for an atrial fibrillation, an abnormal rhythm involving the upper chambers of the heart.
Cheney has had four heart attacks, starting when he was 37. He has had quadruple bypass surgery and two artery-clearing angioplasties.
The former vice president has kept a high profile since leaving the White House. He has sparred with the Obama administration over plans to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and hold the trials of several high profile detainees in civilian courts rather than military tribunals. Most recently, he made a surprise appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he accompanied his daughter Liz. He was greeted with chants of "Run, Dick, Run," but said "I am not going to do it."
Among his extensive government service, Cheney served as defense secretary under President George H.W. Bush. He supports lifting the ban on gays openly serving in the military, citing a cultural shift in the 17 years since Congress passed the ban.
Cheney's assistant, Peter Long, said in a statement late yesterday that the 69-year-old Cheney was resting comfortably and his doctors were evaluating the situation.
Cheney, who was George W. Bush's vice president, has a history of heart problems and uses a pacemaker.
In 2008, doctors restored a normal rhythm to his heart with an electric shock. It was the second time in less than a year that Cheney had experienced and been treated for an atrial fibrillation, an abnormal rhythm involving the upper chambers of the heart.
Cheney has had four heart attacks, starting when he was 37. He has had quadruple bypass surgery and two artery-clearing angioplasties.
The former vice president has kept a high profile since leaving the White House. He has sparred with the Obama administration over plans to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and hold the trials of several high profile detainees in civilian courts rather than military tribunals. Most recently, he made a surprise appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he accompanied his daughter Liz. He was greeted with chants of "Run, Dick, Run," but said "I am not going to do it."
Among his extensive government service, Cheney served as defense secretary under President George H.W. Bush. He supports lifting the ban on gays openly serving in the military, citing a cultural shift in the 17 years since Congress passed the ban.
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