1.0 link 142999 <![CDATA[Tammy Duckworth Being Pushed For Veterans Affairs Secretary]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/11/tammy-duckworth-being-pus_n_142999.html A grassroots effort is underway for Barack Obama to appoint Tammy Duckworth, a veteran of the Iraq War and onetime congressional candidate, as Secretary of Veterans' Affairs in his incoming administration.

Democratic-leaning veterans groups are pushing the appointment among activists and reporters, even launching a petition drive to get Duckworth into the administration.

"If Tammy was offered the Secretary of the VA, she'd excel at it," said Jon Soltz, the head of the veterans group VoteVets.org and one of the...

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