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" 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. "

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" My experience in Iraq made me realize, and during the recovery, that I could have died. And I just had to do more with my life. "

Tammy Duckworth

Realize

Life

" I'm going to find solutions wherever I can. I think it's all a priority. You can't just say, 'OK, I'm going to work on this but not that.' You have to work on all of it. "

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

" The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If I still had my legs, I would be in line for a battalion command, and instead, I'm flying a desk. "

" Men view life to be as precious as women do, and to say that men have a more violent nature is insulting to men. "

" We have an obligation to our men and women in uniform - and to future generations - to do something about the issue of climate change. "

" 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. "

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

Tammy Duckworth

Having

Veterans

" 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'm glad that people know my military service. But, like this nation, we are more than our military. And the rest of our story is the same as the rest of my story. "

Tammy Duckworth

Service

Know

" Southeast Asia was home for much of my childhood, but I moved to Hawaii when I was in high school. "

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

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

" 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? "

Tammy Duckworth

Educated

College

" 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. "

" Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough. "

" Veterans are my life's work. From the day my buddies saved my life in Iraq, I've woken up every single day dedicated to taking care of veterans and doing my best for veterans. "

" 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? "

" 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. "

" Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not willing to give up on yourself, then we shouldn't give up on you, either. "

Tammy Duckworth

You

Yourself

" If you come from a military culture, and you go into see the general or the commander, and he talks to you very calmly and says, 'I'm very disappointed in you,' that's devastating. "

Tammy Duckworth

Military

See

" Illinois' economy will benefit from the modernization of the power sector. "

" When I first ran, being a woman in politics was seen as both a negative and also a positive. You could attract more women voters, but on the other hand, a lot of men wouldn't vote for you. "

" I had 12 years in the Army before I ever faced combat. "

" 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. "

" My strength is in finding ways to make the government work for the people: finding waste, or money that is not being properly used... or finding opportunities that are out there and making them work for the community. "