Iraq War Veteran Running for Congress Would Allow Gays to Serve Openly in U.S. Armed Forces

U.S. Newswire, August, 2006

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Former Army Major Tammy Duckworth, the Democratic candidate for Illinois's 6th Congressional District, has expressed strong support for repealing the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual service members. Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran who lost both legs during the war, is campaigning to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of Congressman Henry Hyde.

"When I was serving in Iraq, it made no difference to me what the sexual orientation of my comrades was," Duckworth said in a statement to the Human Rights Campaign PAC. "It certainly did not matter to me what the sexual orientation was of the men or women who helped save my life after my Black Hawk helicopter was shot down over Iraq. As a veteran of...

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