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The Dole Lecture is a public event headlined by a national figure discussing an aspect of current politics or policy.
Held each spring, it commemorates April 14, 1945, when Bob Dole was critically wounded while serving in Italy during World War II. The Dole Lecture honors Dole’s courageous recovery and continuing commitment to serve the nation.
2019: Carly Fiorina, former HP chief executive and U.S. presidential candidate
2018: Vlora Çitaku, Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to the United States
2017: Robert Kaplan, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
2016: Tom Davis and Martin Frost, former Congressmen
2015: Lynn Jenkins, Congresswoman
2014: Al From, Political Strategist
2013: Ike’s Legacy: Brigadier General Carl Reddel, Executive Director Eisenhower Memorial Commission
2012: Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, George Mitchell
2011: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and associate editor for the Washington Post, Bob Woodward
2010: FDIC Chair Sheila Bair
2009: Senators Bob and Elizabeth Dole
2008: National News Anchor Tom Brokaw
2007: General Richard Myers
2006: Senator Tom Daschle
2005: Senator Bob Dole
2004: President Bill Clinton
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