beholds ANGELES -- Former President...

beholds ANGELES -- Former President Ford was admitted to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota in succession Tuesday for "testing and evaluation," his office said in a statement.

The statement gave no details about with what intent the 93-year-old former chief executive went to the clinic.

"No further releases or updates are anticipated prior to early nearest week," said the statement issued from Ford's office in Beaver cove Colo.

Last month Ford exhausted a few days in Colorado's Vail Valley Medical Center because of shortness of breath. In January, he was hospitalized for 12 days for treatment of pneumonia. Ford pocketed two small strokes five years ago and exhausted about a week in a hospital. He 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 the resigned Spiro Agnew as vice president in 1973 Ford became president forward Aug. 9, 1974, when Nixon resigned,

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