Tammy Duckworth

Duckworth is a Senator for the state of Illinois, an Iraq War veteran and former Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Recent Articles

The Senate Must Choose Between Our Democracy and Trump

In 2004, I packed up my rucksack, laced up my boots and deployed to Iraq—ready to sacrifice whatever was asked of me. Ready to hear the “tap, tap, tap” of gunfire against my Black Hawk....

By Tammy Duckworth February 9, 2021

Trump Is Endangering Our National Security

At the height of a global pandemic and in the depth of a national recession, Donald Trump has endangered our national security by forcing the Pentagon into his latest culture war. Since the moment it...

By Tammy Duckworth November 20, 2020

We Need to do More to Support America's Moms

American moms are running on empty. Every morning, we wake up feeling guilty that we’re not doing enough. Every night, we go to sleep terrified that we’re failing. I may be a trained helicopter pilot...

By Tammy Duckworth August 1, 2020

Brett Kavanaugh Would Put Businesses Ahead of Americans With Disabilities

When I first woke up at Walter Reed in November 2004, I had no idea that I was disabled. I had no idea that, in the blink of an eye, I had lost both my...

By Tammy Duckworth September 5, 2018

Sen. Duckworth: Olympics Diplomacy or Not, North Korea Is Still a Threat

The DPRK has a history of using diplomatic entreaties as cover for developing nuclear arms

By Tammy Duckworth February 9, 2018

Tammy Duckworth and Patrick Downes: Better Trauma Care Would Prevent Death

A military-civilian partnership could protect lives we already know how to save

By Tammy Duckworth and Patrick Downes November 22, 2016
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