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Summary: HOUSTON , Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for treatment of a lingering cough. Mr. Bush's chief of staff, Jean Becker, said the 88-year-old former president is being treated for bronchitis at Houston's Methodist Hospital. He was admitted last Friday and is expected to be released by the weekend.