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" Energy is one of the most precious battlefield resources, but it is risky and expensive to deliver in combat zones. "
Tammy Duckworth
Precious
Energy
Expensive
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" 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? "
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College
" We must be an inclusive nation that respects and supports all of its citizens: a nation that doesn't give up on anyone who hasn't given up on themselves. "
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Citizens
Up
Nation
" I know from personal experience that engaging with your community and helping others helps foster a sense of shared sacrifice and - at a time when our politics seem more focused on tearing us apart than bringing us together - that shared sacrifice will help us rekindle the national unity that has made us the strongest nation in the world. "
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Time
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" I spent twenty years in the Army; of course it's going to color the things I talk about. If anyone spends twenty years doing anything, that's going to play a part in who you are as a human being. "
Tammy Duckworth
Color
Army
You
" My first direct encounter with the military was when I joined ROTC as a graduate student, although my father, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, can trace the military service in our family all the way back to the Revolutionary War. "
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Service
Family
Student
" What seems like comfort and security one day can all be taken away the very next. "
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Like
Day
Comfort
" Running for Senate is a very involved process. "
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Process
Involved
Very
" When you're a member of Congress, you can become an expert in a couple of subjects. For example, I've worked on federal procurement reform, the Armed Services Committee, manufacturing, and women's health care. "
Tammy Duckworth
You
Women
Manufacturing
" Like many moms in this country, I work to provide my child the best life she can have. It's tough. It's hard to take care of a sick baby all night, wake up tired, and have to go to work when all I want to do is spend time holding her. "
Tammy Duckworth
Work
Tired
Time
" Student loans, Social Security, and Medicare make a difference in the lives of working families every day, and the conversation that should be taking place is how we can save these programs, not weaken them. "
Tammy Duckworth
Conversation
Make A Difference
Day
" I feel like moderate Republicans, who would support sensible gun violence legislation, are pushed aside by those folks who are absolutely beholden to the NRA. "
Tammy Duckworth
Like
Feel
Gun
" I did not know I was a Midwesterner until I got there. I just fell in love with the people. "
Tammy Duckworth
Until
Love
Know
" One of the good things about losing your feet is I can wear all the pointy shoes I want, and it doesn't hurt anymore. I can wear shoes just for fashion now. "
Tammy Duckworth
Good
Losing
Shoes
" Food Stamps helped keep me from going hungry, and Pell grants helped me go to college. "
Tammy Duckworth
Go
College
Me
" I don't ever want to be sad about my life. "
Tammy Duckworth
Want
Sad
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. "
Tammy Duckworth
Chance
Know
Life
" It was the combination of hard work and a hand up that allowed me to become one of the first women to fly in combat missions and achieve my American Dream. "
Tammy Duckworth
Work
American Dream
Hard Work
" Barack Obama will never ignore our troops. "
Tammy Duckworth
Never
Ignore
Will
" When I joined the U.S. Army Reserve in 1992, there were no female four-star generals. I still remember the day in 2008 when a woman first achieved that rank. "
Tammy Duckworth
Rank
Army
Remember
" Veterans Day is a time to celebrate the men and women who have worn this nation's uniform and to honor their service. "
Tammy Duckworth
Day
Service
Men
" 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. "
Tammy Duckworth
Justice
Women
Army
" I remember my mother taking me as a very little kid to the roof of our home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to look at the bombs exploding in the distance. She didn't want us to be scared by the booms and the strange flashes of light. It was her way of helping us to understand what was happening. "
Tammy Duckworth
Mother
Home
Light
" The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent. "
Tammy Duckworth
Immigrants
Overlook
History
" I had 12 years in the Army before I ever faced combat. "
Tammy Duckworth
Ever
Before
Army
" I was born in Bangkok in 1968 and grew up in Southeast Asia with my Thai mom and my American father, who first came to the region to fight in Vietnam and stayed to work assisting refugees. "
Tammy Duckworth
Fight
Father
American
" I can't avoid the interest in the fact that I'm an injured female soldier. "
Tammy Duckworth
Fact
Soldier
Interest
" Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough. "
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Soldiers
Good
Show
" 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. "
Tammy Duckworth
Said
Believe
Best
" We have an obligation to our men and women in uniform - and to future generations - to do something about the issue of climate change. "
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Women
Change
Future
" I grew up a daughter of a United States Marine, a daughter of a man so proud to be an American. "
Tammy Duckworth
Man
Up
American