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Thank you. very from k QED from k QED from KQED public radio in san francisco i'm mina coming up on forum senator

tammie duckworth was on was on Joe Biden's short list of

vice presidential running mates and recently did not rule out running for president herself. The

biracial daughter of a Thai Chinese mother and white American father, Duckworth is Illinois's first Asian

American senator and the first senator to give birth while in office. As a teenager,

she sold flowers on street corners to avoid hunger and homelessness, and she lost both legs

when the helicopter she was co-piloting was shot down in Iraq. A conversation with Senator

Duckworth. Join us. Dr. This is Farrant. This is Forum.

I'm Nina Kim.

Many know that Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth is a wounded warrior. She lost both legs when the Black Hawk helicopter she was co-piloting was shot down in Iraq some 16 years ago.

But what we learn from her new memoir titled Every Day is a Gift is that Tammy Duckworth's childhood struggles prepared her to deal with her life-changing injuries

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