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Justice Rehnquist in Hospital with Thyroid Cancer

NPR

By Melissa Block,

Nina Totenberg

Published October 25, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

U.S. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80, remains hospitalized after spending the weekend receiving treatment for thyroid cancer.

Rehnquist underwent a tracheotomy Saturday at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. The Supreme Court's conservative leader is expected to return to work next week. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Nina Totenberg.

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