of patriots honoring his duty, he always talked a duty to our nation with courage, dignity and integrity. as i stand here and see his coffin on the catapult that was built for lincoln with that flag draped over it, i m sure many of you here will agree, it s hard to think of anyone who was more worthy to have a flag draped over his coffin because of his great patriotism to our country. on both sides of the aisle, on both sides of the capital across the country, senator dole was widely respected for his legendary service on the battlefields of world war ii. his inspiring resilient after recovering from grievous war wounds, his principled leadership in the hallowed halls of congress, house and senate and his tireless advocacy as an elder statesman.
sad day, we recognize senator dole among the patriots honoring his duty, he always talked about duty to our nation with courage, dignity and integrity. as i stand here and see his coffin on the catapult built for lincoln with that flag draped over it, i m sure many of you here will agree it is hard to think of anyone who was more worthy to have a flag draped over his coffin because of his great patriotism to our country. on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the capitol, across the country, senator dole was widely respected for his legendary service on the battlefields of world war ii, his inspiring resilience after recovering from grievous war wounds and principled leadership in the hallowed halls of congress, house and senate and his tireless
with senator dole a few weeks ago, i believe. how did that go? bill, it was incredible. we were lucky enough to have an interview with senator dole a few weeks ago for a veterans day episode we were doing on the ruthless variety program. he chose to do it. we knew he was feeling ill and not up to his usual snuff but i have to tell you, we went in there and asked him a few questions and as sharp as he ever was. body was clearly failing but he had a few messages he wanted to get to the american people at the end. we are very fortunate to be the conduit for that. dana: one of those messages is that he felt optimistic for the future of the country. can you tell us more on that? yeah, dana. the thing about bob dole, everything that he has gone through, the grievous war wounds, the entire career, disappointments and ups and downs and being able to have a good sense of humor through it all got the sense he is an
dole among the pantheon of patriots honoring his duty to our nation with courage, dignity, and integrity. as i stand here and see his coffin on the catapult that was built for lincoln with that flag draped over it, i m sure many of you here will agree, it s hard to think of anyone who was more worthy to have a flag draped over his coffin because of his great patriotism to our country. on both side of the aisle, on both sides of the capitol, across the country, senator dole was widely respected for his legendary service on the battlefields of world war ii. his inspiring resilience after recovering from grievous war wounds. his principled leadership in the hallowed halls of congress, house and senate. and his tireless advocacy as an