Tributes have been paid across the US political divide to the late Republican leader Bob Dole.
US President Joe Biden has led tributes from both sides of America's political divide to veteran Republican Bob Dole, who has died aged 98.Dole was a long-time senator for Kansas who ran as the Republican party's presidential nominee in 1996, losing to the Democrat Bill Clinton.News of Dole's death was announced by his wife's foundation, which said he had "served the United States of America faithfully for 79 years".
In Congress, Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered the flags at the US Capitol to be flown at half-mast in tribute. He was vice-presidential candidate for Gerald Ford in 1976, losing to Democrats Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale.
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