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Tammy Duckworth's career

Tammy Duckworth's career, from her combat deployment to Iraq, her recovery, and her roles in veterans advocacy, state and federal veterans-affairs leadership, and elected office

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What medical procedures and prosthetic technologies were used in Tammy Duckworth’s recovery after the 2004 blast?

survived a that destroyed her UH‑60 Black Hawk and resulted in traumatic bilateral leg amputations and significant right‑arm injury; rapid battlefield medevac and care in the “golden hour” helped save...