Bob Dole

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After enlisting in the Army in 1944, former Kansas senator and 1996 GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole served as a combat infantry officer in the 10th Mountain Division. He was wounded twice and hospitalized for 39 months. (University of Kansas, Dole Archives)

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Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole and Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson clasp hands after Robertson introduced Dole at the Christian Coalition convention in Washington Saturday, Sept. 14, 1996. Earlier in the morning, Robertson told his roup's annual convention it will take "a miracle from Almighty God" for Dole to win the presidency. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson)

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Bob Dole

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Bob Dole (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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** FILE ** Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (right), then-chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Sen. Robert Dole, then-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, chat outside a hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington in 1982. (AP Photo/John Duricka)

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 17, 2007, file photo, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, a co-chair on the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Dole is hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, undergoing therapy after recovering from pneumonia, his spokesman says. Dole, 86, was admitted to the military hospital about three weeks ago with a respiratory condition, spokesman Michael Marshall said Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)