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" 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. "

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" The lessons I learned as an officer, the challenges I've faced, and the camaraderie I've experienced are at the core of who I am. "

Tammy Duckworth

I Am

Who

Core

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

" 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

" Barack Obama will never ignore our troops. "

" You fly. You aviate. You do everything you can to get the aircraft safely on the ground. "

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

" 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?' "

Tammy Duckworth

Will

Back

" I'd do anything to help veterans. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" The bottom line is, when you're in the Senate, you have more of a voice in the beginning than a new House member. "

" I grew up a daughter of a United States Marine, a daughter of a man so proud to be an American. "

Tammy Duckworth

Man

American

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

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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 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

" 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. "

" In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues. "

" I have personally seen what a devastating medical condition can cost. "

" Our troops do an incredible job every single day, but our policymakers have not lived up to the sacrifices that our troops make every day. "

Tammy Duckworth

Single

Lived

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

Tammy Duckworth

Changing

Life