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CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE TAMMY DUCKWORTH HOLDS RALLY

Senator Barrack Obama (D-Ill.) stands with Tammy Duckworth, Democratic candidate for Illinois' 6th Congressional District, at a rally for Duckworth in Elmhurst, Illinois on November 6, 2006. Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran who lost both legs in the war, is running against Republican Peter Roskam for the congressional seat being vacated by retiring Congressman Henry Hyde. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)

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