Tammy Duckworth

...at approx. 12:00 p.m. ET Call the Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1(800) 273-TALK (8255) or go to the Web site below. Tammy Duckworth has felt the effect of war. Five years ago she was flying combat missions in Iraq when her...

In this article: VA, Iraq, Scott Simon, and NPR

The U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs will open the largest VA counseling center in metro Atlanta on Nov. 14. L. Tammy Duckworth, VA assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs, will be the keynote speaker at the...

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Tammy Duckworth, assistant secretary of veterans affairs, lost both legs while serving in Iraq in 2004. (Pierre Kattar/Post) Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth and 22 former military crewmates watched as President Obama...

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...Management and Budget received pedometers at the White House. A Nov. 11 A-section article about Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth incorrectly reported an aspect of the incident in Iraq that led to her war injuries.

In this article: Discovery Communications, Olympia J. Snowe, White House, Black Hawk helicopter, Senate Finance Committee, Iraq, and Maine

"More than 24 million U.S. veterans are alive today, according to VA. Of those, about 1.5 million served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Duckworth, 41, knows that her age, gender and injuries set her apart from most of the veterans she meets. But...

In this article: VA, Virginia, Afghanistan, U.S., and Iraq

Five years ago this week, an insurgent shot down the Army Black Hawk helicopter that Tammy Duckworth was co-piloting in Iraq. Now an assistant secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Duckworth lost her legs in the crash and the...

In this article: Department of Veterans Affairs, White House, Washington, and Iraq

...Shinseki, a retired general, in his new role as he travels the country trying to revamp the veterans agency. At The Washington Post, Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq veteran who is now an assistant secretary at the veterans agency, is featured.

In this article: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Harry Reid, Eric Shinseki, White House, Jill Biden, and Michelle Obama

...veterans young and old: • 'She is the face of the new generation': Yours truly reports on Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth and her work to reshape the department. • In Congress, injured vets signing on for duty: News...

In this article: Barack Obama, Misdemeanor, World War II, Department of Veterans Affairs, Gulf War, U.S. Naval Academy, and World Series

...on Obama's Afghan war strategy. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar helps break ground on the Flight 93 Memorial. VA Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth recalls Obama's visits to Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey...

In this article: Samuel J. Heyman, Defense Department, National Zoo, U.S., and Eric H. Holder Jr.

...Secretary Tammy Duckworth recalled during a recent interview for a forthcoming profile. VA Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth Duckworth lost both of her legs five years ago next week after her Army Blackhawk helicopter was shot out of the...

In this article: Barack Obama, VA, Illinois, Richard Durbin, Robert Dole, and Walter Reed Army Medical Center