President Bush chokes on a pretzel, but he's okay now Posted by Scott Manning on January 14, 2002 | Comments (2)

WASHINGTON — Ahead of two policy speeches he was scheduled to give Monday, the commander-in-chief reassured the nation that he is feeling fine and has good blood pressure despite a brief fainting spell Sunday night.

According to the White House, President Bush was sitting with his two dogs in a room in the White House residence in the East Wing. Around 5:35 p.m. eastern time, he was watching the Baltimore Ravens-Miami Dolphins playoff game and noshing on some pretzels.Full Story...