webfact Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush hospitalized - media REUTERS FILE PHOTO - Former President George H.W. Bush smiles as he listens to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speak as he met with Bush to pick up his formal endorsement in Houston in this March 29, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Donna Carson/File Photo REUTERS - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston, CBS Houston affiliate KHOU television reported on Wednesday, citing his office chief of staff. Bush, 92, was in stable condition and "doing fine," Jean Becker told the television station. Bush is expected to go home in a couple of days, Becker told KHOU. Reuters was not immediately able to reach the family spokesman Jim McGrath or the hospital where Bush was taken. Bush is the father of former President George W. Bush and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who sought the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. The elder Bush, a Republican like his sons, served as vice president during Ronald Reagan's two White House terms before being elected president in 1988. He served four years in the White House. Bush has used a wheelchair in his later years and was hospitalized twice in 2014 - once for seven weeks with pneumonia and again for breathing difficulties. In July 2015 he broke a bone in his neck in a fall at the family home in Maine. Bush's public appearances have been rare since he entered his 90s. In October 2015, Bush, sitting his wheelchair, wearing a brace on his neck and clad in a Houston Astros jersey, tossed out the first pitch at the team's playoff game against the Kansas City Royals. He marked the 75th anniversary of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 2016 by attending a ceremony at his library at Texas A&M University where Bob Dole, the former Republican Senator from Kansas, was presented an award for public service. (Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Larry King) -- © Copyright Reuters 2017-01-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andaman Al Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Hope he gets well soon. I am waiting for the tweet by Trump to say this is a Republican hard liner conspiracy to steal the limelight from his inauguration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 That is one way to avoid the inauguration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up-country_sinclair Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Sad news. He is a lifelong public servant and deserves respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 Ex-US President George Bush senior in intensive care HOUSTON: -- The former US President George H.W. Bush is in intensive care in a Houston hospital with pneumonia. His wife Barbara, the former first lady, has also been admitted to the same hospital as a precaution after experiencing fatigue and coughing – according to the ex-president’s office. At 92, the father of George W Bush is America’s oldest living former president. He was taken to hospital on Saturday after being short of breath, a family spokesman has said. He and his wife – who’s one year younger – celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary earlier this month. George Bush senior was vice president during Ronald Reagan’s two terms in the White House in the 1980s. He was then elected to the presidency himself – a period which saw the first Iraq war – before losing to Bill Clinton in 1992 after one term. -- © Copyright Euronews 2017-01-19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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