Tammy
Duckworth, an
Iraq war
vet, will be
first senator to
give birth while in office
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Tammy
Duckworth, the freshman
senator and
Iraq war vet who lost both her legs in combat, announced she's pregnant with her second child in a
Chicago Sun-Times exclusive Tuesday.
Her pregnancy is a milestone. She
will be the
first sitting
senator to
give birth while in office. She's due later this spring. The Purple Heart recipient has a young daughter Abigail, who was born in 2014
while Duckworth was a U.S. representative. She was the
tenth representative to
give birth while in office.
"I’m hardly alone or unique as a working parent, and my daughter Abigail has only made me more committed to doing my job and standing up for hardworking families everywhere," Duckworth said
in a tweet after the announcement.
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