My first choice 10 years ago when I got there was to be on the Veterans Affairs Committee committee because I am a veteran. In fact, I'm a Vietnam veteran, one of three of us left in the whole Congress, only three Vietnam veterans left. So when you think about as we look at good policy for the military and for veterans, we need to have a long look back to see what we did that worked and what we did that didn't work, et cetera, et cetera. (05:32–05:40)
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