Bob Dole: A life of serviceBob Dole, the long-time senator, former Republican presidential nominee a

Bob Dole: A life of service

Bob Dole, the long-time senator, former Republican presidential nominee and World War II hero, died XXX at age.

Growing up in a blue-collar family in Depression-era Kansas, Dole rose to become a fixture in Washington, D.C. Badly wounded in action in Italy, he lost the use of his right arm, but reached the peak of Republican politics, serving as the party’s presidential nominee, vice presidential nominee and Senate leader in a career that spanned nearly four decades

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