Published 3 years ago

GOP Rep. Crenshaw to take leave due to eye surgery

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Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) said Saturday he is taking a monthlong leave after having surgery on his eye, saying he'll be "effectively blind" for a month.

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Yahoo News

Texas Rep. Crenshaw temporarily blinded after eye surgery

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican, said Saturday that he has undergone eye surgery and will be virtually sightless for a month. Crenshaw, 37, is a Navy veteran who lost his right eye and suffered damage to his left eye in 2012 when a homemade bomb exploded when he was deployed to Afghanistan. “The blast from 2012 caused a cataract, excessive tissue damage, and extensive damage to my retina," Crenshaw said in a statement.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

Texas Republican Dan Crenshaw ‘virtually blind’ after eye surgery

Navy veteran who lost his right eye in Afghanistan in 2012 expects to be near-sightless for a month

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Former U.S. Navy Seal to take leave from Congress after eye surgery

U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw, a former Navy Seal who lost his right eye in an explosion in Afghanistan, said on Saturday he will take a month-long leave of absence from Congress after emergency surgery for a detaching retina in his other eye.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Texas Rep. Crenshaw temporarily blinded after eye surgery

HOUSTON (AP) — Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican, said Saturday that he has undergone eye surgery and will be virtually sightless for a month.

3 years ago·United States

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CNN

Crenshaw says he'll be 'effectively blind' and 'off the grid' for weeks after emergency eye surgery

Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw announced Saturday that he will be "effectively blind" and "off the grid" for the next few weeks after undergoing emergency surgery Friday on his left eye.

3 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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Washington Times

Rep. Dan Crenshaw discloses he’s had emergency eye surgery, is ‘effectively blind’ as he recovers

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Texas Republican, announced Saturday that he underwent emergency surgery on his remaining eye and will be rendered "effectively blind" for roughly the next month while recovering.Mr. Crenshaw, a 37-year-old U.S Navy SEAL veteran, lost his right eye in 2012 due to being injured by an improvised ...

3 years ago·United States

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