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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sejal Govindarao

Former Republican Sen Jon Kyl announces dementia diagnosis and will withdraw from public life

The former senator wrote in an emotional statement, ‘Despite this diagnosis, I remain a very fortunate man’ - (AP)

Former Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona says he is withdrawing from public life following a dementia diagnosis.

Kyl, 83, represented Arizona in both chambers of Congress for nearly three decades. Most of those years were in the Senate including a term as minority whip.

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