NPR: Frank Buckles https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=134364034 Frank Buckles en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sat, 09 May 2026 05:57:49 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Frank Buckles https://www.npr.org/tags/134364034/frank-buckles Last World War I Vet Should Get Capitol Rotunda Honor: Bob Dole Former Sen. Bob Dole is hard to ignore as a former Senate leader, GOP presidential nominee and wounded veteran. Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are not only pressured by Dole but by the fact that the dead veterans family has his body in Washington as they await a decision. Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:25:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/03/08/134361806/last-world-war-i-vet-should-get-capitol-rotunda-honor-bob-dole https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/03/08/134361806/last-world-war-i-vet-should-get-capitol-rotunda-honor-bob-dole

Former Sen. Bob Dole is hard to ignore as a former Senate leader, GOP presidential nominee and wounded veteran. Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are not only pressured by Dole but by the fact that the dead veterans family has his body in Washington as they await a decision.

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