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All Quotes by author - Tammy Duckworth

" As an assistant operations officer for a helicopter task force in Iraq, I saw my fellow Guardsmen and soldiers risk life and limb to maintain diesel fuel supply lines. "

" As a nation, we need to do everything we can to make sure those who have served have the tools they need to succeed in civilian life. "

" As Assistant Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a constant concern for me is having our veterans dragged into partisan politics. "

" As I recovered at Walter Reed, I worried about the soldiers who pulled me out of my helicopter that Friday afternoon. Would they make it back okay? And what about all the other soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen who were also putting their lives on the line every day? "

" At my core, I know that the American Dream is about the opportunity to work hard to make your future. "

" Barack Obama will never ignore our troops. "

" Each and every time I went in for IVF treatments, I knew there was a bipartisan group of Congresswomen praying for me, and I was honored that the same group was there at my baby shower. "

" Energy is one of the most precious battlefield resources, but it is risky and expensive to deliver in combat zones. "

" Every day, members of the LGBTQ community deal with challenges that most Americans will never have to face. These challenges appear in the workplace, in your homes, in your community, and even in the halls of Congress. "

" Female service members are so integrated into the military, so critical and vital to all functions of the military, from combat service support to combat support, to direct combat, that we could not go to war as a nation - we could not defend America - without our women. "

" Food Stamps helped keep me from going hungry, and Pell grants helped me go to college. "

" Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer. "

" How can you have an educated workforce, how do you equal the economic disparities in this country, if you can't make college more affordable for those who are struggling to make it? "

" I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory. "

" I actually lost both my legs. I can walk because I got really good health care. "

" I actually shoot. I enjoy target practice. I find it really zen. You focus on nothing but the target. You have to control your breathing. It's all part of my years in the military, where I was taught to become a marksman but also to respect my weapon. "

" I admire Governor Blagojevich's unbending commitment to giving every person in Illinois access to health care. "

" I almost can't believe this even needs to be said, but it's not unwarranted to burden retirement advisers with a requirement that they act in their clients' best interest. "

" I always wanted to be an ambassador. "

" I am just one of the overwhelming majority of Americans who is responsible and hard-working and at one point in their life benefited greatly from government programs such as student loans, Medicare, and Social Security. "

" I believe accurately remembering - and honoring - our whole past is the first step in governing in a way that effectively represents the whole America. "

" I can't avoid the interest in the fact that I'm an injured female soldier. "

" I commanded an Army unit, and I placed the highest priority on a commander's authority to lead, manage, and discipline the men and women under his or her command within the Uniform Code of Military Justice. "

" I consider myself lucky to have been born into a family that valued service to both one's country and one's community. "

" I'd do anything to help veterans. "

" I did not know I was a Midwesterner until I got there. I just fell in love with the people. "

" I didn't want to get pregnant while commanding an assault helicopter company and, before I knew it, I was deployed and missed out on many of my childbearing years. "

" I do not have PTSD, but if I watch part of a movie like 'The Hurt Locker,' or when I spend time around Blackhawk helicopters, I will close my eyes that night and live an entire day in Iraq, flying my missions. I remember the smell and the feel and the heat and everything about it. Then I wake up in Illinois, and I'm exhausted. "

" I don't ever want to be sad about my life. "

" I don't know why I survived Iraq and I don't know why I made it home, but I do know that this is my second chance at life and I can do whatever I want now. "

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