And part of that is important. But I will tell you, you know, they've had huge impacts on advancing policies, helping people in the community, and you name it. One of the things that I started doing very early on when I was first elected into office 10 years ago or whenever it was, was recognize that we had a lot of military veterans that had a lot of mental health problems. And you saw veteran suicides. I mean, it's still something, you know, that we grapple with. I mean, part of that is just the legacy of the gwat global war on terrorism, where you didn't have a draft. (03:08–03:23)
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