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Article: Those Democratic Veterans.(veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan wars running for congress, 2006)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- April 3, 2006
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There's no doubt why Tammy Duckworth is running for Congress: While serving as a National Guard reservist in Iraq, she decided that "our policymakers haven't lived up to the sacrifice of our troops." And Duckworth, who won the Democratic primary for Illinois's Sixth District last week, ought to know: She lost both legs when her helicopter was shot down. She believes the Iraq war was a mistake but opposes immediate U.S. withdrawal. Even so, she insists the primary victory had more to do with her healthcare plan than her status as a veteran critical of the war. "Being a vet gives you a platform, so that people will listen," she says. "And that's all it gives you."
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