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" We have an obligation to our men and women in uniform - and to future generations - to do something about the issue of climate change. "
Tammy Duckworth
Women
Change
Future
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" I'd do anything to help veterans. "
Tammy Duckworth
Anything
Help
Veterans
" 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 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. "
Tammy Duckworth
Flying
Live
Night
" My therapist would be so happy to know I'm doing all this walking. They've done a great job of putting me back together, haven't they? "
Tammy Duckworth
Together
Me
Job
" Like so many women, especially military women, I waited to have children. "
Tammy Duckworth
Many
Like
Military
" 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 admire Governor Blagojevich's unbending commitment to giving every person in Illinois access to health care. "
Tammy Duckworth
Care
Giving
Commitment
" You fly. You aviate. You do everything you can to get the aircraft safely on the ground. "
Tammy Duckworth
Fly
Everything
Ground
" 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 said three things when I woke up in Walter Reed. 'I love you.' 'Put me to work,' and 'You stink! Go shower!' "
Tammy Duckworth
Work
You
Love
" 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
" 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. "
Tammy Duckworth
Group
Baby
Time
" If I still had my legs, I would be in line for a battalion command, and instead, I'm flying a desk. "
Tammy Duckworth
Flying
Still
Desk
" 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
" 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
More
College
" I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory. "
Tammy Duckworth
Because
Welcome
Think
" 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
" I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war. "
Tammy Duckworth
Believe
War
I Believe
" We must recognize and keep in the public consciousness the significant contributions and sacrifices Americans of every community have made that have helped forge the greatest country our world has ever known. "
Tammy Duckworth
Consciousness
Community
World
" 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
" I believe accurately remembering - and honoring - our whole past is the first step in governing in a way that effectively represents the whole America. "
Tammy Duckworth
Past
Step
First Step
" 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. "
Tammy Duckworth
College
Age
Family
" I love the Army with every bone in my body. "
Tammy Duckworth
Love
Army
Body
" Running for Senate is a very involved process. "
Tammy Duckworth
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
" 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. "
Tammy Duckworth
Service
Family
Student
" I was so proud when I was commissioned into the Army. "
Tammy Duckworth
Proud
Commissioned
Army
" 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
Go
Back
" 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. "
Tammy Duckworth
Work
True
Sometimes
" 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! "
Tammy Duckworth
Me
Recovery
Blood