Bob Dole, GOP Senator, Presidential Nominee and Decorated WWII Veteran, Dies at 98 > U.S. Department of Defense > Defense Department News
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Bob Dole is dead. He overcame war wounds, nearly became president, worked for disability rights | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
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Former United States Senator Bob Dole (Republican of Kansas), right, makes remarks accepting the Congressional Gold Medal as US President Donald J. Trump, left, listens at a ceremony in his honor in
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