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If I still had my legs, I would be in line for a battalion command, and instead, I'm flying a desk.
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Our troops do an incredible job every single day, but our policymakers have not lived up to the sacrifices that our troops make every day.
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I'm going to find solutions wherever I can. I think it's all a priority. You can't just say, 'OK, I'm going to work on this but not that.' You have to work on all of it.
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Our military men and women are our greatest national treasure. They should be safeguarded as such upon their return.
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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.
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I remember my mother taking me as a very little kid to the roof of our home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to look at the bombs exploding in the distance. She didn't want us to be scared by the booms and the strange flashes of light. It was her way of helping us to understand what was happening.
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I believe accurately remembering - and honoring - our whole past is the first step in governing in a way that effectively represents the whole America.
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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.
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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?
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I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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I always wanted to be an ambassador.
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Veterans are my life's work. From the day my buddies saved my life in Iraq, I've woken up every single day dedicated to taking care of veterans and doing my best for veterans.
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My strength is in finding ways to make the government work for the people: finding waste, or money that is not being properly used... or finding opportunities that are out there and making them work for the community.
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I shouldn't even be here, so if I'm here, I better do something good.
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I almost can't believe this even needs to be said, but it's not unwarranted to burden retirement advisers with a requirement that they act in their clients' best interest.
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If you come from a military culture, and you go into see the general or the commander, and he talks to you very calmly and says, 'I'm very disappointed in you,' that's devastating.
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I was so proud when I was commissioned into the Army.
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Like so many women, especially military women, I waited to have children.
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The power of the ADA is that it ended up changing my life long before I ever imagined it would.
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I said three things when I woke up in Walter Reed. 'I love you.' 'Put me to work,' and 'You stink! Go shower!'
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I have personally seen what a devastating medical condition can cost.
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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.
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Student loans, Social Security, and Medicare make a difference in the lives of working families every day, and the conversation that should be taking place is how we can save these programs, not weaken them.
Tammy Duckworth