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\nSenator Ladda Tammy Duckworth (D- IL)<\/p>\n
\nSenator Ladda Tammy Duckworth (D- IL)<\/p>\n
Tammy Duckworth is an American politician and former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who has served as the junior United States Senator for Illinois since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Illinois’s 8th district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017. Before election to office, she served as Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (2009\u201311) and Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs (2006\u201309). Duckworth was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016.<\/p>\n
A combat veteran of the Iraq War, Duckworth served as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot and suffered severe combat wounds, which caused her to lose both of her legs and some mobility in her right arm. She was the first female double amputee from the war. Despite her grievous injuries, she sought and obtained a medical waiver that allowed her to continue serving as a lieutenant colonel in the Illinois Army National Guard along with her husband, Major Bryan W. Bowlsbey, a signal officer and fellow Iraq War veteran. Both have since retired from the armed forces.
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By Alice Yin and Bill Ruthhart<\/strong><\/p>\n U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth is going to interview soon for the post of former Vice President Joe Biden\u2019s running mate, her fellow Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday.<\/p>\n Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, has said he will select a woman as his running mate and announced a vice presidential search committee late last month.<\/p>\n In recent days, speculation about Duckworth as a possibility has steadily increased as the senator has been more visible on television in recent weeks and participated in virtual events for the Biden campaign.<\/p>\n Asked Friday morning in Chicago about whether he thought Duckworth was a realistic possibility as Biden\u2019s VP pick, Durbin indicated she was under consideration.<\/p>\n \u201cI support Tammy Duckworth. She\u2019s spectacular, a great colleague and I hope that she fares well in this interview, which I think is going to take place soon,\u201d Durbin said outside Stroger Hospital after he visited a COVID-19 testing facility. \u201cAnd I\u2019m totally in support of her.\u201d<\/p>\n Durbin did not elaborate on the nature of the interview.<\/p>\n A Biden official said the campaign would run a \u201cvigorous vetting process,\u201d but declined to provide any additional details.<\/p>\n A Duckworth spokesman did not respond to questions about whether the senator from suburban Hoffman Estates had an interview scheduled or whether she had submitted vetting materials to the campaign.<\/p>\n In a recent appearance on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe,\u201d Duckworth was asked whether she had received vetting materials or questions from Biden\u2019s campaign. She sidestepped the question.<\/p>\n \u201cI want Joe Biden in the White House, and I trust that he\u2019s got a process for putting together the right team to help him do that from the vice president on down to the cabinet members,\u201d Duckworth said. \u201cI personally have always answered the call when my country has asked me to serve.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I salute her military service. Read the rest of the article here: Chicago Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks, Ex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"