Bush undergoes surgery for blockage in artery
DALLAS – Former President George W. Bush has successfully undergone a heart procedure after doctors discovered a blockage in an artery.
Bush spokesman Freddy Ford says a stent was inserted during a procedure Tuesday at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. The blockage was discovered Monday during Bush’s annual physical at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, where the nation’s 43rd president lives.
Ford says the blockage was opened with no complications. He says the 67-year-old Bush is expected to be discharged today.
Ford described Bush as being “in high spirits” and eager to return home. Bush plans to resume his normal schedule Thursday.
Manning now faces maximum of 90 years
FORT MEADE, Maryland – U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning’s possible sentence for disclosing classified information through WikiLeaks was trimmed from 136 years to 90 years Tuesday by a military judge who said some of his offenses were closely related.
The ruling was largely a victory for defense attorneys, who had argued for an 80-year maximum. Still, the 25-year-old soldier could spend most, if not all, of his remaining years inside a prison.
The sentencing phase of Manning’s court-martial is in its second week. He was convicted last week of 20 counts, including six Espionage Act violations, five federal theft counts and a federal computer fraud charge for leaking more than 700,000 documents from a classified government computer network while working as an intelligence analyst in 2010.
Associated Press
