People
Tammy Duckworth
Biography:
Ladda Tammy Duckworth (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.
Born in Bangkok, Thailand and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Duckworth was educated at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. A combat veteran of the Iraq War, she served as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. In 2004, when her Black Hawk helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents,... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Fly Like a Girl as Self | 2020-10-09 |
The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: The Constitution | 2017-07-04 |
Unsung Heroes: The Story of America's Female Patriots as Self | 2014-05-01 |
Housequake as Self | 2009-08-07 |