So veterans need to wake up. We also need to realize we're at the lowest participation rate of veterans in the US Capitol almost in our nation's entire history. We've only got about 17% of senators and congressmen actually served in uniform. It used to be about 75%. So we need to get more war fighters back in that building. We need a new generation of leaders, Mark. (16:25–16:30)
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