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Tammy Duckworth

Ladda Tammy Duckworth (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017. Born in Bangkok, Thailand and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Duckworth was educated at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. A combat veteran of the Iraq War, she served as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. In 2004, when her Black Hawk helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents, she lost both legs and some mobility in her right arm. She was the first female double amputee from the war. Despite her injuries, she was awarded a medical waiver to continue serving in the Illinois Army National Guard for another ten years until she retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2014.


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Born:
Mar 12, 1968 In Bangkok, Thailand
Movie/TV Credits:
7
First Appeared:
In the series The Daily Show 1996-07-22
Latest Project:
Series American Veteran 2021-10-26
Known For
Poster of American Veteran
Poster of Unsung Heroes: The Story of America's Female Patriots
Poster of Housequake
Poster of The Daily Show
Filmography
Series American Veteran Self - Host 2021-10-26
Movie Fly Like a Girl Self 2020-10-09
Series Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Self 2018-06-22
Movie The Words That Built America Self - Reader - The Constitution 2017-07-04
Movie Unsung Heroes: The Story of America's Female Patriots Self 2014-05-01
Movie Housequake Self 2009-08-07
Series The Daily Show Self 1996-07-22