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Episode 10: Hank Meijer on the Late Senator Arthur Vandenberg

Dole Leadership Series Podcast: Episode 10

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In 2019, Hendrik G. “Hank” Meijer, co-chairman and CEO of the supermarket chain Meijer, joined BPC President Jason Grumet for a discussion about his biography on the late Senator Arthur Vandenberg. Known as a consensus builder, Vandenburg played a major role in the creation oof the Marshall Plan, the United Nations, and NATO.  Meijer and Grumet discuss the significant impact Vandenburg’s ability to reach across the aisle had on US foreign policy and what today’s policymakers can learn from the late senator from Michigan.