WP: SCIRI/SICI leader Hakim in the US for treatment of lung cancer. "In a reflection of Hakim's stature, President Bush authorized immediate transportation to get Hakim from Iraq to the United States, an administration source said yesterday. Vice President Cheney played a role in arranging for Hakim to see U.S. military doctors in Baghdad, who made the original diagnosis, and for the current medical treatment in Houston, the sources said."

Posted by Laura at May 19, 2007 02:00 PM