Advocates want more veterans on Congress’ policy staff

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The number of veterans in Congress will increase slightly next year, but the number of veterans working as congressional staff has remained alarmingly low in recent years, according to new findings from one advocacy group.

Officials from HillVets — a bipartisan networking group of Capitol Hill staffers with military experience — are pushing every lawmaker to add at least one veteran to their policy staff in coming months, noting that less than 1 percent of those key posts are held by veterans today.

Past surveys by the group have found that less than 3 percent of the more than 3,000 employees working in congressional offices have served in the military.

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