George H W Bush in Texas hospital

29 November 2012 Last updated at 11:43 ET

George H W Bush was president between 1989 and 1993

Former US President George H W Bush is being treated for bronchitis in hospital in Houston, Texas, hospital and family officials have said.

Mr Bush, 88, has been in hospital for six days with a “lingering cough”, his spokesman Jim McGrath told CNN.

His condition is not considered life-threatening and the former president is expected to be discharged this weekend, reports say.

Mr Bush is the oldest living former president and a World War II veteran.

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