Cotton predicts glut of vet lawmakers

Sen. Tom Cotton predicts that more Iraq and Afghanistan veterans will serve in Congress over the next decade, which he said is a positive step toward bringing a frontline perspective to Washington about the costs of war.

The Arkansas Republican, who joined the Army as an infantry officer after 9/11, said veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are not yet at the point in their lives where they will be running for the House and Senate, but that that will change in the coming years.