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Stephanie Kuykendal/Getty Images(ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va.) Former Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole a decorated World War II veteran and presidential candidate who served in Congress for 36 years will be laid to rest with military honors on Wednesday at historic Arlington National Cemetery. Dole died on Dec. 5, 2021, after announcing last February that he'd been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and was starting treatment. Dole's wife of 46 years, former Cabinet secretary and North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole, and daughter, Robin, are expected to attend the invitation-only, graveside funeral with family members, close friends and former colleagues. Dole was given the rare honor to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda late last year before his body was taken to his home state of Kansas for memorials and then back to Washington, where he'll be laid to rest Wednesday afternoon alongside American war heroes. Dole, a native of Russell, Kansas, served as an army offic

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