Does this woman look like she would cut and run?
This is Tammy's story (video presentation):
www.tammyduckworth.com
Democrat brings Iraq experience to poll
By Edward Luce
Financial Times
Updated: 8:42 p.m. CT Sept 24, 2006
During an election debate at the weekend in the outskirts of Chicago, Peter Roskam, the Republican candidate for Illinois's sixth district, trotted out the familiar line that his Democratic opponent wanted America to "cut and run" from Iraq.
His opponent, Tammy Duckworth, a former National Guard pilot who lost both her legs in Iraq last year when her helicopter was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade, was visibly angry at the exchange. "I just could not believe he would say that to me," said Ms Duckworth, who now walks on artificial legs with the help of a cane. "I have risked my life to serve my country and you cannot question my patriotism."