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" I have personally seen what a devastating medical condition can cost. "
Tammy Duckworth
Personally
Seen
Medical
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" The women putting their lives at risk for our country deserve better than to be treated as second-class citizens. "
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" 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. "
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Yourself
" 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. "
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Live
Night
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Make A Difference
Day
" Running for Senate is a very involved process. "
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Process
Involved
Very
" 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 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. "
Tammy Duckworth
Practice
Control
Enjoy
" Veterans Day is a time to celebrate the men and women who have worn this nation's uniform and to honor their service. "
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Day
Service
Men
" Like so many women, especially military women, I waited to have children. "
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Many
Like
Military
" 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
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Believe
Best
" I know firsthand that immigrants make enormous contributions to our nation, but I also know that we need to secure our borders and make sure that those who came here illegally wait their turn, pay a fine and any unpaid taxes, and pass a criminal background check before becoming citizens. "
Tammy Duckworth
Wait
Immigrants
Know
" The wheelchair and the prosthesis give me a soapbox to stand on. If it helps me get my message across, I'm glad; then we need to talk about what we need to do for this country. "
Tammy Duckworth
Country
Talk
Me
" Nobody wants to be on food stamps, but when my family lost everything, we were grateful for it. I was grateful the program was there so I could concentrate on my schoolwork and not on my empty belly. We were grateful that we had the support we needed to roll up our sleeves and rebuild our lives. "
Tammy Duckworth
Lost
Support
Food
" I was in Congress for six months, and they put me on blood pressure medication. I flew helicopters in combat and I was fine, and I survived 13 months in recovery in the hospital... I got to Congress, and six months later I'm on blood pressure medication. Fourteen months later, they doubled the dosage! "
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Me
Recovery
Blood
" The bottom line is, when you're in the Senate, you have more of a voice in the beginning than a new House member. "
Tammy Duckworth
Beginning
House
You
" The ADA allows persons with disabilities the opportunity to participate in the world around them. "
Tammy Duckworth
Opportunity
Disabilities
Around
" 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. "
Tammy Duckworth
Soldiers
Task
Helicopter
" Barack Obama will never ignore our troops. "
Tammy Duckworth
Never
Ignore
Will
" 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
" My arm bones looked like chicken bones. "
Tammy Duckworth
Bones
Like
Looked
" 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
" 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. "
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Like
Feel
Gun
" We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq. "
Tammy Duckworth
New
War
Starting
" I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?' "
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Will
Go
Back
" 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. "
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Say
Work
Think
" You fly. You aviate. You do everything you can to get the aircraft safely on the ground. "
Tammy Duckworth
Fly
Everything
Ground
" What seems like comfort and security one day can all be taken away the very next. "
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Like
Day
Comfort
" 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. "
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Missed
Years
Want
" When I got to Iraq, my world focused in on one mission. It was incredibly rewarding. "
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Focused
Got
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