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King Hussein frequently traveled to the US for medical treatment after his diagnosis with cancer in 1992.<ref name="cvoa" /> After Hussein returned from a six-month medical absence from Jordan in late 1998, he criticized his brother Hassan's management of Jordanian affairs in a public letter, accusing him of abusing his constitutional powers as regent.<ref name="cvoa" /> On 24 January 1999, two weeks before his death, Hussein surprised everyone—including Abdullah who thought he would spend his life in the military—by replacing Hassan with his son as heir apparent.<ref name="cvoa">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YAd8efHdVzIC&pg=PA25|page=25|title=The Encyclopedia of the Arab–Israeli Conflict: A Political, Social, and Military History|access-date=1 November 2016|year=2008|first1=Spencer|last1=Tucker|first2=Priscilla|last2=Roberts|publisher=ABC-CLIO|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206071126/https://books.google.com/books?id=YAd8efHdVzIC&pg=PA25|archive-date=6 February 2018|isbn=9781851098422}}</ref>
[[Death and state funeral of Hussein of Jordan|The king died]] of complications of [[non-Hodgkin lymphoma]] on 7 February 1999.<ref name="ad" /> His 47-year reign extended through four turbulent decades of the [[Arab–Israeli conflict]] and the [[Cold War]].<ref name="ad"/> Several hours after the announcement of his father's death, Abdullah appeared at an emergency session of the [[Jordanian parliament]].<ref name="ad" /> Hussein's two brothers, Hassan and [[Prince Muhammad bin Talal|Mohammed]], walked ahead of him as he entered the assembly.<ref name="ad" /> In Arabic, he swore the oath taken by his father almost fifty years earlier: "I swear by Almighty God to uphold the constitution and to be faithful to the nation".<ref name="ad" /> Speaker of the Senate [[Zaid Al-Rifai]] opened the session with [[Al-Fatiha]] (the opening chapter of the [[Quran]]), his voice cracking with emotion as he led the recitation. "God, save His Majesty... God, give him advice and take care of him."<ref name="ad">{{cite web|url=https://
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