By Jim Sanders
Sacramento Bee
Published: Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012
Veterans are emerging as a significant political force this year because of their numbers, sacrifice, public popularity and the government's need to plan for serving troops returning from the Middle East as fighting winds down. California, for example, expects to see its 2 million veterans swell by 30,000 to 35,000 annually over the next few years.
Times have changed since Paul Cook returned from Vietnam in 1968.
To avoid inciting someone to spit or throw something, Cook was not allowed that year to wear his soldier's garb in the nation's capital.
The Yucca Valley Republican, a state assemblyman, is now a candidate for Congress, touting his military service and proudly wearing his full Marine Corps uniform on his campaign website.
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