Column: Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s memoir ‘Every Day is a Gift’ charts the incredible path of a ‘poor mixed race girl’ – Chicago Sun-Times*

Lynn Sweet: "While much is known about the basic biography of Duckworth, a Democrat – the Illinois Army National Guard officer lost both legs and shattered her right arm when her Black Hawk helicopter was shot down in Iraq on Nov. 12, 2004 – her backstories of her relentless drive to rise above adversity are useful to know when we think we are having a bad day. Duckworth’s story is about her personal journey and is not a political tome."
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Jeff Carter
5 years ago

Her helicopter wasn’t shot down. It was a training mission from what I have read in the past.

Tom Paine's Ghost
5 years ago

Just more propaganda from the Democrat Party PR Department. Joseph Goebbels would be proud.

Admin
5 years ago

Author Lynn Sweet is among the worst of suck-up reporters who will stoop to anything to keep her sources happy.

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