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DC honors long time lobbyist and primordial swamp creature with Congressional Gold Medal

By Philip Wegmann
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DC honors long time lobbyist and primordial swamp creature with Congressional Gold Medal

Bob Dole is a war hero, a politician, and soon he will be a Congressional Gold Medal winner.

The elder Republican is also a corporate lobbyist. An associate at Alston & Bird, Dole has lobbied for everyone from the pharmaceutical industry to anti-democratic African strongmen. But this latest honor is the most telling accomplishment of the primordial swamp creature.

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