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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 19, 1993                   TAG: 9303190127
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

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DOCTORS SAY ASPIN'S SURGERY WENT SMOOTHLY

Defense Secretary Les Aspin underwent surgery Thursday to receive a heart pacemaker and probably will be back at his desk on Monday, according to his doctors.

Aspin's cardiologist, David Pearle, said the 90-minute operation at Georgetown University Hospital went well and that "the pacemaker is functioning the way we hoped it would."

- The Washington Post

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