Dole has no plans to end work as public servant

Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole's 40-year tenure in the nation's capital took her from the inner circles of presidents to leading the American Red Cross. Now ousted from Congress, she's been left to plot the next chapter in one of Washington's most storied careers.

Dole said in an interview Thursday she has no plans to retire from public service, but the 72-year-old has not decided what comes next.

"I haven't thought about it _ that's for another day," Dole said.

For one, her political career may be over. Though she deemed the Senate seat the highest honor of her life, Dole struggled to adjust from the autonomy of executive experience to the …