Senator Tammy Duckworth is a former U.
S.
Department of Veterans Affairs (2009-11) and Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs (2006-09)..
Before election to office, she served as Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the U.
S.
House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.
A proud Iraq War veteran and helicopter pilot, she represented Illinois\'s 8th district in the U.
S.
Army lieutenant colonel who has served as the junior United States Senator for Illinois since 2017.
Senator Tammy Duckworth is a former U.
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