do the best for the country. general milley, who we noted is here as well, chairman of the joint chiefs, who was escorting the late senator s widow and the former senator herself, elizabeth dole, we should note he was the commanding general of the 10th mountain division at one point in his career, notable because bob dole served in the 10th mountain division as a second lieutenant during world war ii. of course when he was injured horribly in 1949 and it took many years for him to recover from those injuries. seated close to the front row, former democratic president bill clinton along side former republican vice president, the most recent one, mike pence. suzanne, the bipartisan support and respect that the late senator carried. reporter: in addition to vice president pence, you also have
the steps of the washington national cathedral, the casket carrying the late senator robert dole has arrived there. there the late senator s widow, elizabeth dole, former senator herself, and daughter, robin, behind her. we should notes corting senator bole is general mark mill lie, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, a measure of the honor aforded to the late senator robert dole. we saw a brief prayer and invocation on the stairs of the cathedral, and there is the interior there where so many, erica, so many lines of government, the senate, former military commanders, presidents have been laid to rest. and today it will be senator