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Bob Dole To Lead Fundraising To Build Eisenhower Memorial

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bob Dole, the longtime Kansas senator, is planning a fundraising effort to build the long-debated Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, and he will have help from Tom Hanks and others.

Dole told The Associated Press on Friday that he aims to raise $150 million in private money to build the memorial after more than 15 years of planning. Critics of the memorial's design have stalled funding in Congress.

The 92-year-old World War II veteran says it's long past time to honor Ike, the 34th president and supreme Allied commander during World War II.

In a statement to the AP, Hanks says he's happy to join Dole in working to honor Eisenhower. The two also worked together to raise $170 million to build the National World War II Memorial.

(Copyright 2015 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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