The Dole Lecture

George Mitchell is an exemplary public servant with an impressive political career. Mitchell served with Senator Dole in the Senate and was a founder of the Bipartisan Policy Center. After leaving the Senate, he has continued to serve by seeking peace in Northern Ireland and in the Middle East and by studying the effect of doping in professional sports. Mitchell most recently served as U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace from January 2009 to May 2011. Prior to that, he had a distinguished career in public service. He was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1980 to complete the unexpired term of Sen. Edmund S. Muskie. He was elected to a full term in the Senate in 1982 in a come-from-behind victory. Mitchell went on to a career in the Senate spanning 15 years. He left the Senate in 1995 as the Senate majority leader, a position he had held since January 1989. In 2007, Mitchell joined fellow former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Bob Dole, and Tom Daschle to found the Bipartisan Policy Center, a non-profit think tank that works to develop policies suitable for bipartisan support. Filmed on April 4, 2012 at the Dole Institute of Politics.

Bob Woodward, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and associate editor for the Washington Post, was interviewed by Dole Institute of Politics Director Bill Lacy for the 2011 Dole Lecture.

2009 Dole Lecture: Unlimited Partners - Bob and Elizabeth Dole. Former Senator Bob Dole and wife Elizabeth Dole speak at the Lied Center for the 2009 Dole Lecture as part of the Dole Institute's annual Dole Lecture Series. Filmed on May 3, 2009 by the D

Former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw speaks at the 2008 Dole Lecture as part of the annual Dole Lecture Series. Filmed on April 10, 2008 at the Dole Institute of Politics.

Former General Richard B. Meyers speaks for the 2007 Dole Lecture, about his personal experience with the war on terror. Filmed on May 7, 2007 at the Dole Institute of Politics.

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Senate minority leader from 1994-2005 (D-South Dakota) Filmed on April 10, 2006 at the Dole Institute of Politics.

Former U.S. Senator Robert J. Dole visited the Dole Institute for the 2005 Dole Lecture "One Soldier's Story". Filmed on April 26, 2005 at the Dole Institute of Politics.

Senator Dole, who personally invited Clinton, said he was delighted his Democratic opponent in the 1996 Presidential campaign had agreed to kick-off the new lecture series. "I cannot think of a more appropriate person to inaugurate the Dole Lecture than P