Just to make sure ST has seen it, here's the Inyoue-Dole-Hart connection
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Inouye�s was honored by the Senate by lying in state in the U.S. Capitol Thursday night, which provided at least one powerful image that deserves a moment of its own reflection. Senator Bob Dole, also a World War II combat veteran with permanent injuries to mark his service, was there to honor his longtime friend.
Dole first met Inouye as a patient at Michigan�s Percy Jones Army Hospital where they were both recovering from their wounds along with the future Senator Philip A. Hart. It was there that Dole first told Inouye of his intentions to run for Congress when we was healthy and able. Inouye, who was elected first, later joked that he got to Congress on the Bob Dole plan. The hospital is now known as the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in honor of the three men.
Dole, now 89, frequently uses a wheelchair to move about. On Thursday evening, however, he insisted on walking through the Capitol to salute the casket of his friend. The image of one WWII soldier saluting another�s casket is powerful enough. These two in particular made life�s journey of the greatest generation from the battlefield to the preeminent positions of power.
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