See Dick Work

In what the White House says is an example to others with heart trouble, Vice President Dick Cheney was to put in another normal day Tuesday, after receiving a pacemaker over the weekend.

A spokeswoman said the vice president would spend much of the day reviewing memos and talking with staff members. Cheney has no public events on his schedule and is expected to remain in Washington for the Fourth of July.

White House spokesman Ari Fleischer says Cheney's modern treatments may inspire others to seek similar procedures.

"I think Dick Cheney is pleased, because there are probably people whose lives are being changed and are being improved because they heard what he's been through and they realize they can do the same thing, and they can enjoy healthy, normal lives," he said.

Doctors placed a pager-sized device in the vice president's chest on Saturday after finding him susceptible to rapid heartbeats.

The dual-purpose pacemaker was implanted in Cheney's chest in an hour-long procedure Saturday at George Washington University Hospital.

Cheney, 60, walked out of George Washington University Hospital a few hours after the surgery. He has had four heart attacks since 1978. Cheney's doctors gave him permission to resume his exercise routine.

It was the third major procedure to address his heart problems in the last eight months and came after a monitoring device two weeks ago discovered he was having brief episodes of a rapid heartbeat.

The procedure reignited questions about Cheney's ability to serve in the No. 2 job in the country. But the vice president said on Friday doctors told him there was no reason he could not continue to function normally as vice president.

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