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| − | '''Robert Joseph Dole''' (1923- ), commonly referred to as '''Bob Dole''' is a senior counselor for the global PR firm [[APCO Worldwide]] and special counsel in [[Alston & Bird]]'s Washington, D.C. office. | + | '''Robert Joseph Dole''' (1923- ), commonly referred to as '''Bob Dole''' is a senior counselor for the global PR firm [[APCO Worldwide]] and special counsel in [[Alston |
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| − | After announcing that he had teamed up with APCO Worldwide, the company President and CEO [[Margery Kraus]] told ''PR Week'' that he would provide "some sage guidance as to how Washington works and how the administration functions." Kraus said that she had known Dole for 25 years and had worked with him in a number of projects in the preceding year.[http://www.prweek.com/news/news_story_free.cfm?ID=229929&site=3]
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| − | On his website Dole describes his role at Alston & Bird as focussing on "international and domestic legislative, policy and regulatory affairs as well as on healthcare policy and related matters." [http://www.bobdole.org/business/?PHPSESSID=a0a2cd3d53fae451628f1dab422b3e81] APCO describe his role with them in identical terms. [http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/newsroom/press_releases/12_6_04.cfm]
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| − | Dole also runs his own company, Bob Dole Enterprises, "s a vehicle for managing his other business interests -- public speaking and television appearances, consulting, list management and writing."[http://www.bobdole.org/business/?PHPSESSID=a0a2cd3d53fae451628f1dab422b3e81]
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| − | Dole is also "a member of the Legislative and Public Policy Group, a group dedicated to helping clients navigate the intricacies of the laws and regulations passed by Congress, the White House and the courts."[http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/newsroom/press_releases/12_6_04.cfm]
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| − | ==Biographical details==
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| − | Dole was born in Russell, Kansas on July 22, 1923. He graduated with a alw degree from Washburn Municipal University, Topeka, Kansas, "with an undergraduate and law degree in 1952, after attending Kansas University 1941-1943 and University of Arizona 1948-1949". In 1952 he was admitted to the bar admitted to the bar began work in the law in Russell.[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000401]
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| − | Dole was an infantry officer in Italy during the Second World War and after being wounded was hospitalized for thirty-nine months.
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| − | Dole's political career spanned from 1951 to 1996. His roles included as:
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| − | *member, State house of representatives 1951-1953;
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| − | *county attorney of Russell County 1953-1961;
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| − | *elected as a Republican Representative from Kansas, 1961-69 (6th District 1961-63, 1st District 1963-69);
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| − | *elected to the United States Senate in 1968, reelected in 1974, 1980, 1986 and again in 1992 and served from January 3, 1969, to June 11, 1996, when he resigned to devote his efforts to his presidential campaign;
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| − | *Chairman of [[Republican National Committee]], 1971-73;
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| − | *majority leader 1985-1987, 1995-1996; minority leader 1987-1995;
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| − | *chairman, Committee on Finance (1981-1985), Special Committee on Security and Cooperation in Europe (1985-1987);
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| − | *unsuccessful Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1976;
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| − | *unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988; and
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| − | *unsuccessful Republican nominee for President of the United States in 1996. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000401][http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doi-donahower.html]
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| − | Following his defeat in 1996 Dole returned to proactice law in Washington D.C.
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| − | Married to [[Elizabeth Hanford Dole]]
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| − | In 2004, Dole has been seen working as a spokesman advocating people served by [[Medicare]] to switch to using prescription drug cards.
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| − | ==Books==
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| − | * Bob Dole, Elizabeth Dole, Richard Norton Smith, ''[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684834014/qid=1102549670/sr=2-3/ref=pd_ka_b_2_3/002-0570674-4720052 Unlimited Partners: Our American Story]'', Simon & Schuster, July 1996. ISBN: 0684834014
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| − | * Bob Dole (ed), ''[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743203925/qid=1102549403/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-0570674-4720052?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 Great Presidential Wit...I Wish I Was in the Book: A Collection of Humorous Anecdotes and Quotations]'', Scribner, January 2001. ISBN: 0743203925
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| − | *Bob Dole, (ed) ''[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0767906675/ref=pd_sim_b_1/002-0570674-4720052?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance Great Political Wit : Laughing (Almost) All the Way to the White House]'', Broadway. ISBN: 0767906675
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| − | *Robert L. Maddox, Robert Dole, ''[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0877885664/qid=1102549989/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-9239536-5182331?v=glance&s=books Prostate Cancer: What I Found Out & What You Should Know]'', Harold Shaw, March 2000. ISBN: 0877885664
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| − | ==Contact details==
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| − | Personal website: http://www.bobdole.org
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| − | == Other Related SourceWatch Resources ==
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| − | == External Links ==
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| − | *[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000401 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress].
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| − | *[http://www.bobdole.org/bio/ Bob Dole's 6-part web site biography]
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| − | *[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dole Wikipedia: Bob Dole], ''Wikipedia''.
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| − | *[http://www.realchange.org/bdole.htm Bob Dole's Skeleton Closet].
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| − | *[http://www.motherjones.com/coinop_congress/stock_congress/bob_dole.html SEN. BOB DOLE (R-KS)], ''MotherJones.com''.
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| − | *[http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/june96/cohen_and_bradley_6-11.html Bob Dole's Farewell to Senate, June 11, 1996], Transcript, ''Online News Hour''.
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| − | *[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/watergate/Bob.html Revisiting Watergate: Bob Dole], ''The Washington Post''; also see [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A99083-1997Apr29¬Found=true Dole's Role Reversal] by Dan Balz, April 29, 1997.
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| − | *[http://www.ljworld.com/section/kudole_about_bob_dole Dole Institute; About Bob Dole], ''LJWorld.com'', Lawrence, Kansas, 2003.
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| − | *[http://www.ur.ku.edu/News/03N/JulyNews/July22/doleremarks.html Bob Dole's remarks at dedication of Dole Institute of Politics], University of Kansas, July 22, 2003.
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| − | *[http://www.doleinstitute.org/ Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics] at the University of Kansas; see [http://www.ljworld.com/section/kudole_about_bob_dole/story/139587 6News: Dole says new institute to be monument to Kansas], July 22, 2003.
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| − | *[[Jack Kemp]], [http://www.empoweramerica.org/ Bob Dole: An American Hero], ''[[Empower America]]'', July 23, 2003.
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| − | *[[APCO Worldwide]], "[http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/newsroom/press_releases/12_6_04.cfm Bob Dole Named APCO Senior Counselor]", Medai Release, December 6, 2004.
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| − | *Hamilton Nolan, "[http://www.prweek.com/news/news_story_free.cfm?ID=229929&site=3 APCO hires Bob Dole to provide 'strategic advice']", ''PR Week'', December 6, 2004.
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