Articles filed under Tammy Duckworth
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Book deals, real estate and stock sales: How legislators make money on the sideSep 14, 2021 5:30 AM - Financial disclosure reports reveal a book deal, investments and other income for our senators and congressional representatives.
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Biden picks Duckworth to be a Democratic Party vice chairJan 14, 2021 11:49 PM - Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth has been selected to be one of the Democratic Party vice chairs by President-elect Joe Biden, while Jaime Harrison, who tried to unseat U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, is the choice to lead the national party.
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Duckworth seeks update on Lombard contractor taken in Afghanistan
Dec 8, 2020 10:55 AM - Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling on the State Department to prioritize the return of Mark Frerichs, a Lombard contractor believed to have been taken by a Taliban-linked militant network in Afghanistan earlier this year.
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Duckworth lifts her hold on military promotions after Esper assurance on VindmanJul 14, 2020 9:55 PM - Sen. Tammy Duckworth has lifted her hold on 1,123 senior military promotions after receiving confirmation that Secretary of Defense Mark Esper did not block the promotion of Lt. Col. Vindman, she said in a statement Tuesday.
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Duckworth emerges as contender for VP nodJul 5, 2020 7:29 PM - Sources close to the Biden campaign say that Sen. Tammy Duckworth is a top contender to be his running mate.
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Duckworth reflects on prejudice, perseverance in PBS' 'Asian Americans'
May 11, 2020 8:17 AM - A century of racist attacks detailed in the new PBS documentary series "Asian Americans," airing Monday and Tuesday, might have felt like ancient history just a few months ago. But through the lens of the coronavirus pandemic that originated in China and is now hitting the U.S., being painted as a foreign enemy has become all too familiar.
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Duckworth honored to 'be in mix' for vice presidential nomineeApr 27, 2020 5:30 AM - Tammy Duckworth's name continues to surface along with fellow U.S. Sens. Kamala Harris of California and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota as a possible running mate for presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth endorses Joe Biden for presidentMar 2, 2020 6:22 PM - Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth endorses former Vice President Joe Biden for president.
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Duckworth: 'I think every Memorial Day about the guys from Illinois that never made it home'May 26, 2019 7:33 PM - "Because they saved me, Memorial Day isn't about me," says U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates, who credits the crews of her helicopter and a companion helicopter with saving her after her Black Hawk was shot down in Iraq. "I think every Memorial Day about the guys from the Illinois National Guard that I knew that never made it home from Iraq."
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Duckworth returns to Iraq for 1st time since being shot down
Apr 29, 2019 11:03 AM - U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth has returned to Iraq for the first time since the helicopter she was piloting was shot down during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004.
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