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I didn't want to get pregnant while commanding an assault helicopter company and, before I knew it, I was deployed and missed out on many of my childbearing years.

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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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Like many moms in this country, I work to provide my child the best life she can have. It's tough. It's hard to take care of a sick baby all night, wake up tired, and have to go to work when all I want to do is spend time holding her.

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I can't avoid the interest in the fact that I'm an injured female soldier.

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It's really hard to use a laptop when you only have half a lap.

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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 grew up a daughter of a United States Marine, a daughter of a man so proud to be an American.

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The wheelchair and the prosthesis give me a soapbox to stand on. If it helps me get my message across, I'm glad; then we need to talk about what we need to do for this country.

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I spent twenty years in the Army; of course it's going to color the things I talk about. If anyone spends twenty years doing anything, that's going to play a part in who you are as a human being.

Tammy Duckworth

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