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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/608/vet_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan Become a Force in Politics' data-article-id='965'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8958'>Today, Tammy Duckworth is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a candidate for the Senate.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='8958' data-end-time='16875'>Eleven years ago, she was an Army soldier flying Blackhawk helicopters in Iraq.</span> <span data-start-time='16875' data-end-time='24750'>On the day after Veterans Day 2004, a grenade struck her helicopter. </span> <span data-start-time='24750' data-end-time='31479'>The blast destroyed her legs and severely damaged an arm. </span> <span data-start-time='31479' data-end-time='41188'>Those injuries and her experience as a soldier made her want to become involved in politics, she says.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='41188' data-end-time='45833'>“So I got this second chance at life, and I see my time now as a bonus. </span> <span data-start-time='45833' data-end-time='48521'>And that’s really allowed me to speak up without fear. </span> <span data-start-time='48521' data-end-time='50250'>And stand up for what I believe in for what we all believe in. </span> <span data-start-time='50250' data-end-time='57979'>After all, what are the folks who don’t agree with me and my political adversaries going to do blow me up?”</span> <span data-start-time='57979' data-end-time='68521'>Duckworth is part of a small but growing force in U.S. politics: veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.</span> <span data-start-time='68521' data-end-time='81146'>Congress includes 25 lawmakers out of 535 who are veterans of America’s two most recent wars.</span> <span data-start-time='81146' data-end-time='88708'>In the history of veterans in Congress, that number is both small and large. </span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/608/vets_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div 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opponents</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=4470 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/608/what_is_duckworth_a_member_of.m4a'>What is Duckworth a member of?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='House of Representatives'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/608/supreme_court.m4a'><span>Supreme Court</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/608/house_of_representatives.m4a'><span>House of Representatives</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/608/presidential_cabinet.m4a'><span>presidential cabinet</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/608/united_nations.m4a'><span>United Nations</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=4471 data-hint-location='68521' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/608/congress_includes_25_lawmakers_out_of_535_who_are__blank_.m4a'>Congress includes 25 lawmakers out of 535 who are <span class='blank'>veterans</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='veterans'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/608/veterans.m4a'><span>veterans</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/608/accountants.m4a'><span>accountants</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/608/engineers.m4a'><span>engineers</span></div><div class='choice' 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