Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130608:12:52:00
Representation. colonel jack jacobs. it's an amazing drop when you look at it over the last again raths, generation and a half from the late '70s, 8 in 10 members of the senate had served in the military. today, it's 16, we say now. if you look at candidates running next year, it's down to 12, maybe less than that. i guess the basic question is, military policy is such a huge part, defense policy a huge part of what senators are engaged in, what difference does it make when the senators do not have a military background? >> well, the first thing to remember is that just because you're in the m...