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" 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. "

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" Our military men and women are our greatest national treasure. They should be safeguarded as such upon their return. "

" When I got to Iraq, my world focused in on one mission. It was incredibly rewarding. "

" 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. "

" The women putting their lives at risk for our country deserve better than to be treated as second-class citizens. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes it takes dealing with a disability - the trauma, the relearning, the months of rehabilitation therapy - to uncover our true abilities and how we can put them to work for us in ways we may have never imagined. "

" When I was young, my dad, a veteran who attended college on the GI Bill, lost his job at age 55 when the company he worked for was sold. My entire family pitched in - my mom took in sewing, and I got a minimum wage job after school. "

" The summer before I started college, my parents walked everywhere instead of taking the bus. Once a week, they would hand over $10 to the university housing office, a deposit so I could move into the dorms in the fall. "

" 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. "

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

" In the military, a combatant command is the ultimate job. It's the pointy tip of the spear, overseeing the people carrying the rifles and flying the aircraft. "

" We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq. "

" 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. "

" We owe it to all our veterans to make sure they have a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like the rest of us. "

" I said three things when I woke up in Walter Reed. 'I love you.' 'Put me to work,' and 'You stink! Go shower!' "

" 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. "

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

" Running for Senate is a very involved process. "

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

" Like so many women, especially military women, I waited to have children. "

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Many

Military

" 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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" 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 had been pursuing a Ph.D. in political science when my National Guard unit was sent to Iraq. Eight months into our deployment, in November 2004, a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents tore through the pilot's side of the Blackhawk helicopter I was flying. "

" The power of the ADA is that it ended up changing my life long before I ever imagined it would. "

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

" I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war. "

" 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. "