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Former VP Dick Cheney In Grand Rapids To Talk Heart Issues

Posted at 10:45 AM, Apr 21, 2014
and last updated 2014-04-21 10:58:36-04
Cheney-Dick in GR 4-21-14

Former Vice President Dick Cheney in Grand Rapids April 21, 2014, to talk about heart disease.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich (April 21, 2014) — Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was in Grand Rapids on Monday to discuss his personal battle with heart disease.

Cheney was joined by the former White House chief of staff to President Gerald R. Ford and Cheney’s personal cardiologist, Dr. Jonathan Reiner.

Prior to speaking at the joint Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation and Economic Club of Grand Rapids luncheon, Cheney and Reiner discussed Cheney’s personal 35-year battle with heart disease in a roundtable discussion with physicians and executives from Spectrum Health’s cardiovascular services.