Stockman Hospitalized Briefly After Complaining of Faintness
WASHINGTON — Budget director David A. Stockman was hospitalized early today after complaining of feeling faint following a dinner party. He was released from Georgetown University Hospital about eight hours later.
A hospital spokeswoman said his “condition was fine,” although she did not know the doctors’ exact diagnosis.
Hospital officials said Stockman, 38, was admitted about 1 a.m. and spent the remainder of the night so doctors could watch over him.
The budget director has been the focus of considerable controversy recently because of public remarks about military pensions and aid to farmers.
Two weeks ago, in congressional testimony on President Reagan’s fiscal 1986 budget, Stockman suggested that the government should not bail out the nation’s financially strapped farmers. He also charged that the military brass is more concerned about its pension security than national security.
His comments generated a storm of criticism from inside and outside the government, including his own mother, a Michigan farmer.
Get the L.A. Times Politics newsletter
Deeply reported insights into legislation, politics and policy from Sacramento, Washington and beyond. In your inbox three times per week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
