Bill Clinton Hospitalized in New York

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Former President Bill Clinton was rushed to a Manhattan hospital Thursday where he underwent heart surgery, according to media reports.

An adviser said Clinton, 63, was taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital with chest pain and had two stents inserted into one of his heart arteries.

Clinton underwent a quadruple-bypass surgery in 2004.

One of the bypass grafts from that operation became obstructed, according to The New York Times.

"President Clinton is in good spirits and will continue to focus on the work of his foundation and Haiti's relief and long-term recovery efforts," spokesman Douglas J. Band said in a statement released by Clinton's office.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton left Washington and headed to New York to be with her husband.

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