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Doctor: Kirk is walking

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Mark Kirk has begun walking on a treadmill, his doctors said Friday.

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U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk's rehabilitation doctor said Friday that the Highland Park Republican has begun walking on a treadmill. “Sen. Kirk is adapting well to the rehabilitation program,” Dr. Richard L. Harvey, medical director of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Center for Stroke Rehabilitation, said Friday.