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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died.
Elizabeth Dole has posted on social media that her husband, Republican political icon Bob Dole, has died at age 98
During his 36-year career on Capitol Hill, Bob Dole shaped tax policy, foreign policy, farm programs and rights for the disabled, enshrining protections against discrimination in the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Bob Dole, a Republican Party stalwart and presidential hopeful who was one of Washington's most recognizable political figures throughout the latter half of the 20th century, died Sunday.
Elizabeth Dole has tweeted that her husband, Republican political icon Bob Dole, has died at age 98