Senator/Lt Col Tammy Duckworth: "Every Day is a Gift" (with sock-shoe!)

Senator Tammy Duckworth's new memoir is a truly entertaining, interesting, funny, and occasionally brutal read. I'm very grateful for her service and sacrifice even though she and I don't agree on much politically. And I think you will find this conversation as entertaining as her book.

Every Day Is a Gift: A Memoir

Senator Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq War Veteran, Purple Heart recipient and former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs who was among the first handful of Army women to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom

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