Speaking from her wheelchair on Saturday:
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Tammy Duckworth, who lost both her legs when the Blackhawk helicopter she was piloting was shot down by a rocket propelled grenade in Iraq, testifies during a U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., hit back at President Donald Trump after he claimed Democrats were hurting the U.S. military by causing a government shutdown.
"I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five deferment draft-dodger. And I have a message for Cadet Bone Spurs: If you cared about our military, you'd stop baiting Kim Jong Un into a war that could put 85,000 American troops and millions of innocent civilians in danger," Duckworth said.
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- CNBC 1/22/18
PS - Tammy lost both of her legs and most of the use of one arm.