President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, 'I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your help.' I'm not certain I can help on everything. Maybe some things.

World War II and recovery
In 1942 Dole joined the United States Army's Enlisted Reserve Corps to fight in World War II. 895352°N 98. On September 18 2004 Dole offered the inaugural lecture to dedicate the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service at which Dole chronicled his life as a public servant as well as discussed the importance of public service in terms of defense civil rights the economy and in daily life.

S. In 2007 President George W. Bush appointed Dole as a co-chair of the commission to investigate problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center along with Donna Shalala a former member of the Clinton cabinet.