Former Sen. Bob Dole shakes hands with Lt. Col. Michael Lind with the Army's G-1 office during Dole's honorary promotion ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., May 16, 2019. Dole, who was medically discharged as a captain after being severely wounded in WWII, was promoted to colonel. COURTESY/SEAN KIMMONS/DOD
TOPEKA — Kansas political icon Bob Dole, who represented the state for decades in Washington, D.C., and was the Republican nominee for president in 1996,…