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Bush briefly steps down for op
20/07/2007 18:35 - (SA)
Washington - US President George W Bush will undergo a "routine colonoscopy" at the Camp David retreat on Saturday, temporarily ceding his powers to vice-president Dick Cheney, the White House said Friday.
Cheney will serve as acting president until such time as Bush, who will be under anaesthesia, says he is ready to resume his duties, presidential spokesperson Tony Snow told reporters.
"The president has had no symptoms" of cancer, said Snow, who noted that Bush had been scheduled for such an examination since undergoing a colonoscopy in June 2002.
- AFP
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