Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth (b. 1968) is an Iraq War veteran and Democratic politician from Illinois.
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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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From c-span.org
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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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From huffingtonpost.com
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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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From washingtonpost.com
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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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From blog.washingtonpost.com
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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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From mywebtimes.com
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From news.google.com
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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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