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Politics● LowSep 18 · Sep 18, 2026, 10:42 PM

How do we still know so little about Thomas Crooks

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One of the highest honors of my professional life was serving as director of communications for the late Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.). Because of his poor childhood; his heroic actions in World War II; the three years he spent in a hospital fighting to survive his almost mortal wounds; and the innate goodness within him,…

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