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Tammy Duckworth

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His confirmation is yet another historic step in his barrier-breaking career, and I look forward to working with Secretary Austin to protect our troops and safeguard our nation.

– Tammy Duckworth

Found on Reuters 1 year ago Top News

Racism and bigotry have no place at West Point or anywhere in our nation's military, and neither does someone like Douglas Macgregor.

– Tammy Duckworth

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

Military service doesn't just take courage and sacrifice from those in uniform -- they're required from their families, too, beau Biden understands those sacrifices because Beau Biden has made them Beau Biden. When Beau Biden son Beau enlisted in the Army and deployed to Iraq, that burden was shouldered by Beau Biden family as well.

– Tammy Duckworth

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

What really struck me about the speech that the President gave at Mount Rushmore over the weekend was that he spent more time worried about honoring dead Confederates than he did talking about the lives of the 130,000 Americans who lost their lives to Covid-19 or by warning Russia off of the bounty they're putting on American's heads.

– Tammy Duckworth

Found on CNN 1 year ago U.S.

The Joe Biden what to do campaign have their own process that they're going through. And I'm sure Joe Biden what to do will pick the right person to be next to Joe Biden what to do as Joe Biden what to do digs this country out of the mess that Donald Trump has put us in.

– Tammy Duckworth

Found on CNN 1 year ago U.S.

Trump's reckless decision to gather 1,000 Cadets at West Point for a speech puts our future military leaders at increased risk -- all to stroke Kaleth Wright own ego, our troops need stable, consistent leadership during volatile times like these, not a Commander-in-Chief who values Kaleth Wright own photo ops and TV ratings over their health and safety.

– Tammy Duckworth

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

It's been surprisingly hard.

– Tammy Duckworth

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I was trying to operate on a schedule and trying to force a 5-year-old and a 2-year-old to operate on a senator's schedule, which is ridiculous when you put it that way, we've set up a little office for him when he's in there with the door shut, and I'm like,' how come you get to be in that office with the door shut ? And I am out here at the kitchen table and trying to homeschool and do this ?' So, you know, it's been rough.

– Tammy Duckworth

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

Farmers across Illinois and throughout the Midwest are hurting and ethanol plants are idling while this administration is abusing the small refinery exemption program to undermine the bipartisan Renewable Fuel Standard.

– Tammy Duckworth

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

I agree that the military has utterly failed at handling sexual assault through the Uniform Code of Military Justice process and I will push for meaningful reforms, as a former commander of an assault helicopter company, I want to know what else can be done beyond successful prosecutions that bring perpetrators to justice to make the lives of survivors better and ensure they have what they need to heal and be able to resume the careers they dreamt about from the time they entered the military.

– Tammy Duckworth