For Tammy Duckworth, War Injury Leads to Politics
by Joseph Shapiro, NPRMarch 29, 2006
One of the more interesting congressional races this year involves a former Army National Guard helicopter pilot who was shot down in Iraq. Last week, Tammy Duckworth won the Democratic nomination from a district in the suburbs of Chicago. Duckworth comes from a long line of veterans with serious war injuries who wind up in politics.
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