White House defends skin cancer decision
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061219/ap_on_go_pr_wh/laura_bush_skin_cancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061219/i/r3698104565.jpg?x=91&y=130&sig=HMBJ2ZCQJxrVuEUGlL1_LA--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="U.S. first lady Laura Bush wears an AIDS Awareness lapel pin while listening to President George W. Bush at a meeting on World AIDS Day in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington in this file photo taken December 1, 2006. Mrs. Bush was treated for the second most common type of skin cancer on her leg last month, her spokeswoman said on December 18, 2006. Picture taken December 1, 2006. REUTERS/Larry Downing/Files (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - The White House on Tuesday defended Laura Bush's decision not to disclose she had a skin cancer tumor removed from her right shin in early November.</p><br clear="all"/>