Dick Cheney Leaves Hospital

Ex-VP discharged after a month, implantation of cardiac device
By Marie Morris,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 9, 2010 5:30 PM CDT
Dick Cheney Leaves Hospital
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is interviewed on ABC's "This Week" in Washington, Feb. 14, 2010.   (AP Photo/ABC, Fred Watkins)

Former VP Dick Cheney left the hospital today, 6 weeks after being admitted because he was suffering "discomfort" and about a month after having a cardiac pump implanted. Cheney, 69, suffered his first heart attack at age 37, notes the Wall Street Journal. He will continue to recuperate at home, his office said in a statement.
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