| Ford admitted to hospital for testing |
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Former President Ford was admitted to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota on Tuesday for "testing and evaluation," his office said in a statement.
The statement gave no details on why the 93-year-old former chief executive went to the clinic in Rochester, about 75 miles southeast of Minneapolis.
"No further releases or updates are anticipated prior to early next week," said the statement issued from his office in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Ford also has a home in Rancho Mirage, California.
Mayo Clinic spokesman John Murphy confirmed the statement but said he had no additional information.
Last month, Ford spent a few days in Colorado's Vail Valley Medical Center because of shortness of breath. In January, he was hospitalized for 12 days in Rancho Mirage for treatment of pneumonia.
He suffered two small strokes five years ago.
Ford became the nation's oldest living former president after the death of Ronald Reagan in 2004.
Ford was House minority leader when President Nixon chose him to replace Spiro Agnew as vice president in 1973, when Agnew resigned. Ford became president on August 9, 1974, when Nixon resigned amid the Watergate scandal.
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