Topic: Tammy Duckworth
Quotes
It's been shown that the federal government simply was not prepared to deal with the number of war injured coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan
Illinois offers veterans brain screening Jul 04, 2007
It's about change on so many levels. If being a woman underscores that, makes it clear that I'm going to be an effective agent of change, that's great
Women candidates key U.S. House control Mar 24, 2006
Ladda Tammy Duckworth (born 1968) is the Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. She was previously the director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs.
Duckworth is an Iraq War veteran whose severe combat wounds cost her both of her legs and damaged her right arm. She continues to serve as a Major in the Illinois Army National Guard along with her husband, Major Bryan W. Bowlsbey, a signal officer and fellow Iraq War veteran.
In the 2006 election, Duckworth was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives seat for the sixth district of Illinois which was being vacated by long-time Representative Henry Hyde. Duckworth lost to her opponent, Representative Peter Roskam, by 2% of the vote.
It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Tammy Duckworth."