Veterans in Vogue
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HEADNOTECandidates with wartime service making a comeback
Sometime in the not too distant future, Congress
The Greatest Generation's impending congressional exit has not gone unnoticed. Veterans groups and scholars who study legislative behavior began wondering about its impact back in the 1990s, when the declining number of military veterans in Congress-from all eras-first attracted attention. Today, only a quarter of Congress can claim military service, down from a post-war high of nearly 80 percent in the 1970s.
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