Bob Dole Announces his Resignation from the US Senate

United States Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (Republican of Kansas), the presumptive 1996 Republican Party candidate for President of the United States, is surrounded by his Republican colleagues as he announces he will resign his seat in the US Senate on or before June 11, 1996 to concentrate on his presidential campaign in Washington, DC on Wednesday, May 15, 1996. Recognizable people from left, include US Senator Don Nickles (Republican of Oklahoma), US Senator Bob Bennett (Republican of Utah, Senator Dole, US Senator Alan Simpson (Republican of Wyoming), and The Speaker of the US House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (Republican of Georgia). Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM