Sen. Tammy Duckworth On Striving For ‘That More Perfect Union'

ILLINOIS (CBS) — Duckworth recounts her journey from the pilot’s seat to losing both legs in Iraq, and then to Capitol Hill, in her new memoir. As CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes explained, it tells a different story than you might know.

"I love ugly aircraft, machines that look like they shouldn’t even be able to fly," Duckworth wrote. "The more brutal the better. I love the head-banging heavy metal of it. And that’s why I’m a helicopter pilot."

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