Newt fondly remembers his colleague and long-time friend, Senator Bob Dole.
From his humble roots in Russell, Kansas to his service in World War II to serving 27 years representing Kansas in the United States Senate, Bob Dole lived an extraordinary life. Newt shares stories and memories of his colleague and long-time friend. Senator Dole passed away this week at the age of 98.
Bob Dole Remembered
Remembering Sen. Bob Dole
Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics
Craig Shirley National Review Article
Bob Dole, the First and the Best Compassionate Conservative – National Review
President Bill Clinton meets with Sen. Bob Dole (left) and Rep. Newt Gingrich at the White House in December 1994. 
Presidential candidate Senator Robert Dole (R-KS) is joined by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA) at the podium during a campaign rally on super Tuesday. Washington DC. March 12, 1996 (Photo by Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images) 
House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole joke with reporters November 13 as they show copies of the transcript of White House spokesman Mike McCurry’s announcement of President Clinton’s response on the budget talks. The Republican leaders said they were available to work with Clinton to avert a U.S. government shutdown, which would take effect at midnight 
Then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich gestures toward President Bill Clinton, as then-Senate GOP leader Bob Dole is to the right. They met to try and work through the government shutdown in 1995. 
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