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* When I was bleeding to death in my Black Hawk helicopter after I was shot down, I didn't care if the American troops risking their lives to help save me were gay, straight, transgender, black, white or brown. |
* When I was bleeding to death in my Black Hawk helicopter after I was shot down, I didn't care if the American troops risking their lives to help save me were gay, straight, transgender, black, white or brown. |
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** [[w:Tammy Duckworth|Tammy Duckworth]] in [http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-transgender-ban-20170824-story.html "White House to instruct Pentagon on how to implement president's transgender ban in the military"] by Brian Bennett and David S. Cloud, ''LA Times'', (August 24, 2017) |
** [[w:Tammy Duckworth|Tammy Duckworth]] in [http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-transgender-ban-20170824-story.html "White House to instruct Pentagon on how to implement president's transgender ban in the military"] by Brian Bennett and David S. Cloud, ''LA Times'', (August 24, 2017) |
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* Our troops know how to work together,they stand shoulder-to-shoulder to protect and defend this country. We surely in these chambers can do the same. So let's stop blaming each and other and let's get to work. Our men and women in uniform deserve nothing less. |
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** [https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/21/politics/tammy-duckworth-donald-trump-military/index.html Sen. Tammy Duckworth blasts Trump as 'draft dodger'] (January 21, 2018). |
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*This is a truly awful hate crime that has no place anywhere in this nation. No one should be attacked because of the color of their skin or who they love. Jussie, please know that many people across IL and our country are sending love your way. |
*This is a truly awful hate crime that has no place anywhere in this nation. No one should be attacked because of the color of their skin or who they love. Jussie, please know that many people across IL and our country are sending love your way. |
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** On the early reports about the attack on [[Jussie Smollett]] ([https://twitter.com/SenDuckworth/status/1090416500954021889 January 24, 2019]) |
** On the early reports about the attack on [[Jussie Smollett]] ([https://twitter.com/SenDuckworth/status/1090416500954021889 January 24, 2019]) |
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Ladda Tammy Duckworth (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois since 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Quotes
- America’s daughters are just as capable of defending liberty as her sons.
- When I was bleeding to death in my Black Hawk helicopter after I was shot down, I didn't care if the American troops risking their lives to help save me were gay, straight, transgender, black, white or brown.
- Tammy Duckworth in "White House to instruct Pentagon on how to implement president's transgender ban in the military" by Brian Bennett and David S. Cloud, LA Times, (August 24, 2017)
- Our troops know how to work together,they stand shoulder-to-shoulder to protect and defend this country. We surely in these chambers can do the same. So let's stop blaming each and other and let's get to work. Our men and women in uniform deserve nothing less.
- Sen. Tammy Duckworth blasts Trump as 'draft dodger' (January 21, 2018).
- This is a truly awful hate crime that has no place anywhere in this nation. No one should be attacked because of the color of their skin or who they love. Jussie, please know that many people across IL and our country are sending love your way.
- On the early reports about the attack on Jussie Smollett (January 24, 2019)
- If there’s anything that my ancestors’ service taught me, it’s the importance of protecting our founding values, including every American’s right to speak out. In a nation born out of an act of protest, there is nothing more patriotic than standing up for what you believe in, even if it goes against those in power.
External links
- Senator Tammy Duckworth official U.S. Senate website
- Tammy Duckworth for Senate campaign website