Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee and longtime leader of Senate Republicans, has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Hospital, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday. "He is at Walter Reed not for a checkup," Reid said on the Senate floor. "He is there because he is infirm. He is sick." Shortly after Reid's comments, however, an assistant to Dole told CBS News in an email that Dole will leave the hospital tomorrow after a "routine" procedure. "He checked himself in for a routine procedure and will discharge tomorrow," Dole's assistant said. "Doing well and watching the CRPD debate on CSPAN 2."
Michael Warren
Bob Dole Hospitalized
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Michael Warren · November 27, 2012
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