Bob Dole Honored at U.S. Capitol

Former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, a three-time Republican presidential candidate and decorated World War Two Veteran, will lie in state today in the rotunda of the Capitol where he served for 36 years.

Members of Congress and other invited guests will pay their respects to Dole, who represented Kansas in the House of Representatives for eight years and then in the Senate from 1969-1996, including two stints as majority leader.
Tom Rath, former Attorney General of New Hampshire told Jack Heath on Good Morning NH, ” Dole was funny, he had some great one liners, he understood how you govern and he had  great respect to the veteran of this country who put their lives on the line”.

Dole died in his sleep on Sunday at age 98 after a lung cancer diagnosis earlier this year.

He was awarded two Purple Hearts from the U.S. military during World War Two for wounds suffered in combat.