Tammy Duckworth

Tammy Duckworth

Tammy Duckworth (b. 1968) is an Iraq War veteran and Democratic politician from Illinois.

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Tammy Duckworth: Let’s Have More Heroes Like Her

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Tammy Duckworth: Let’s Have More Heroes Like Her By Carol Forsloff We need real heroes these days, not made up ones. We need heroes who keep their hero status not just in the trenches of days gone by but as a life pattern. We need heroes who are women as well as men so our children have models of both sexes doing jobs that aren’t stereotyped as male-female. I have never met Tammy Duckworth nor do I live in Illinois where she is presently running for her Congress, but I admire her and therefore am compelled by that admiration to write this article. That’s ... Read Full Story

Tammy Duckworth: Let’s Have More Heroes Like Her

Written by illinoisjobsnow on
Tammy Duckworth: Let’s Have More Heroes Like Her By Carol Forsloff We need real heroes these days, not made up ones. We need heroes who keep their hero status not just in the trenches of days gone by but as a life pattern. We need heroes who are women as well as men so our children have models of both sexes doing jobs that aren’t stereotyped as male-female. I have never met Tammy Duckworth nor do I live in Illinois where she is presently running for her Congress, but I admire her and therefore am compelled by that admiration to write this article. That’s ... Read Full Story

Tammy Duckworth: Let’s Have More Heroes Like Her

Written by illinoisjobsnow on
Tammy Duckworth: Let’s Have More Heroes Like Her By Carol Forsloff We need real heroes these days, not made up ones. We need heroes who keep their hero status not just in the trenches of days gone by but as a life pattern. We need heroes who are women as well as men so our children have models of both sexes doing jobs that aren’t stereotyped as male-female. I have never met Tammy Duckworth nor do I live in Illinois where she is presently running for her Congress, but I admire her and therefore am compelled by that admiration to write this article. That’s ... Read Full Story

Tammy Duckworth: Let’s Have More Heroes Like Her

Written by illinoisjobsnow on
Tammy Duckworth: Let’s Have More Heroes Like Her By Carol Forsloff We need real heroes these days, not made up ones. We need heroes who keep their hero status not just in the trenches of days gone by but as a life pattern. We need heroes who are women as well as men so our children have models of both sexes doing jobs that aren’t stereotyped as male-female. I have never met Tammy Duckworth nor do I live in Illinois where she is presently running for her Congress, but I admire her and therefore am compelled by that admiration to write this article. That’s ... Read Full Story

Obama, Duckworth Lay Veterans Day Wreath

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In what is expected to be his only public appearance of the day, President-elect Barack Obama joined Illinois Veterans Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth in laying a wreath to honor veterans at the bronze Soldiers Memorial near Soldier Field Tuesday morning. &id;&caption; U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and Gulf War veteran Tammy Duckworth bow their heads after placing a wreath to honor America's veterans at the Bronze Soldiers Memorial at Soldier Field. Obama and the injured veteran shared a moment of silence at the memorial at about 11 a.m. His staff made certain that the press would not read anything into his visit with Duckworth. She ... Read Full Story
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VA Asst. Sec., Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth talked about veterans issues and funding. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Length: 29 min.Published: Today at 7:34am (ET)  
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Tammy Duckworth Celebrates 'Alive Day' Five Years After Black Hawk Crash
Five years ago this week, an insurgent shot down the Army Black Hawk helicopter that Tammy Duckworth was co-piloting in Iraq. Now an assistant secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Duckworth lost her legs in the crash and the fire that followed. On Thursday, her Black Hawk crewmates who pulled her from the wreckage will be in Washington to celebrate her "alive day" -- what some veterans call their "second birthday" to mark their...  
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Tammy Duckworth on her job at Veterans Affairs
Five years ago this week, an insurgent shot down the Army Black Hawk helicopter that Tammy Duckworth was co-piloting in Iraq. Now an assistant secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Duckworth lost her legs in the crash and the fire that followed.  
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Duckworth recalls Obama at Walter Reed
By Ed O'Keefe President Obama made his first visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center as commander in chief on Friday, but one administration official recalls seeing him there several times as a senator. "He visited my hospital bed in the middle of the night as a junior senator," Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth recalled during a recent interview for a forthcoming profile. VA Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth Duckworth...  
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Duckworth talks of importance of Veterans Day
During the Utica Veterans Day parade and ceremony Sunday, Tammy Duckworth, assistant secretary of public and intergovernmental affairs for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, talked with The Times.Duckworth joined the Illinois Army National Guard in 1996 and  
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The March of Dimes Honors Tammy Duckworth, Anita Alvarez and Kwame Raoul at...
The March of Dimes Honors Tammy Duckworth, Anita Alvarez and Kwame Raoul at ...PR-AU.com... (press release)The March of Dimes works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. For the latest resources and ...and more »  
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Duckworth working to win (2006 Honolulu paper declares Obama born in...
Illinois Army National Guard Maj. L. Tammy Duckworth sat in a wheelchair at the paper-strewn kitchen table in her suburban Chicago home doing what she seems to do better than most mortals: focusing totally on the task at hand. She worked the phones for hours Wednesday as part of her effort to get herself elected to Congress — reaching out to dozens of mayors, union officials and everyday voters. Somehow, she's able to stay focused and find...  
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