LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) — First a bridge and now a Navy destroyer has been named after former Nebraska governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey, the Nebraska Examiner reports. This week ...

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Kerrey, the former Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987, and a Senator representing Nebraska ... and it is my honor to name the future USS Robert Kerrey (DDG 146),” said Secretary Del Toro.