Doctors removed five small growths from President George W. Bush's colon Saturday after he temporarily transferred the powers of his office to Vice President Dick Cheney under the rarely invoked 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, AP reported. The polyps, extra tissue growing inside his large intestine, were found during a routine colon cancer scan performed at the Camp David presidential retreat. «All were less than 1 centimeter (about four-tenths of an inch) and none appeared worrisome,» White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said. Bush invoked the presidential disability clause of the Constitution at 7:16 a.m. EDT (1116 GMT). He transferred his authority to Cheney, who was at his home on the Chesapeake Bay in St. Michaels, Maryland, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of Washington. Nothing occurred during the 2 hours and 5 minutes of the transfer that required Cheney to take official action, Stanzel said.
