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Clinton Prepares for Bypass Surgery

NPR

By Scott Simon,

Richard Knox

Published September 4, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Former President Bill Clinton awaits a heart bypass operation at a hospital in Manhattan. At 58, he's in good health and a good candidate for surgery. But the operation remains a major undertaking. Hear NPR'S Scott Simon and NPR's Richard Knox.

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Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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Richard Knox

Since he joined NPR in 2000, Knox has covered a broad range of issues and events in public health, medicine, and science. His reports can be heard on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Talk of the Nation, and newscasts.

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