Illinois senator Mark Kirk seems to suggest in a debate that the Asian-American heritage of his Democratic opponent, congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, lessens her family’s service to the US military. ‘I had forgotten your parents came all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington,’ Kirk said of Duckworth. The congresswoman herself served as a US Army helicopter pilot in the Iraq war, losing both her legs and severely injuring her right arm in 2004

Republican Mark Kirk singles out Asian heritage of Iraq veteran rival Tammy Duckworth

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