Fighter Pilot: The Life of Battle of Britain Ace Bob Doe

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On September 30, 2015, the National Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide Centennial (NCAGC) honored Senator Dole with the organization's Survivor's Gratitude Award in the category of "Hero of Responsibility and Principle" for his tireless efforts in raising attention to the Armenian Genocide and its victims. [120] [121]

Dole married Phyllis Holden, an occupational therapist at a veterans hospital, in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1948, three months after they met. Their daughter, Robin, was born on October 15, 1954. Dole and Holden divorced January 11, 1972. [125] Holden died on April 22, 2008. [126] Dole remained active after retiring from public office. He appeared in numerous commercials and television programs and served on various councils. In 2012, Dole unsuccessfully advocated Senate ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He initially supported Jeb Bush in the 2016 Republican primaries, but later became the only former Republican presidential nominee to endorse Donald Trump in the general election. Dole was a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and special counsel at the Washington, D.C., office of law firm Alston & Bird. [3] Dole was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on January 17, 2018. He was married to former U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina. Dole was born and raised in Russell, Kansas, where he established a legal career after serving with distinction in the United States Army during World War II. Following a period as Russell County Attorney, he won election to the House of Representatives in 1960. In 1968, Dole was elected to the Senate, where he served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1971 to 1973 and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1981 to 1985. He led the Senate Republicans from 1985 to his resignation in 1996, and served as Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and from 1995 to 1996. In his role as Republican leader, he helped defeat Democratic President Bill Clinton's health care plan.Dole resigns from Senate to focus on presidential bid". Politico. June 11, 1996 . Retrieved June 6, 2018. covering the air operations in Southeast Asia from November 1943 to May 1944 ( Gazette supplement 39173). While the following month, Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese provided his view He returned to Britain to join the Fighter Gunnery Wing as a senior instructor.A series of staff appointments followed, including two years with the Chiefs of Staff Secretariat.This placed him in the corridors of power, and the boy who had left school at 14 had to learn how to write minutes which would be scrutinised and reworded by secretaries and read by the chiefs. Doe found this job to be the most difficult and challenging appointment of his career.In April 1966 he opted for premature retirement.

Schuldes, Martin (2011). Retrenchment in the American Welfare State: The Reagan and Clinton Administrations in Comparative Perspective. LIT Verlag Münster. p.528. ISBN 978-3-643-90153-8.Dole issued a letter critical of Newt Gingrich, focusing on Dole and Gingrich's time working together on Capitol Hill, on January 26, 2012. [98] The letter was issued immediately before the Florida primary. Dole endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination. [99] Dole cited the association made between himself and Gingrich as fellow Congressional leaders in Democratic advertisements as a key factor for his 1996 presidential defeat. [100]