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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a former Blackhawk pilot, talked with CBS News' Nikole Killion about the midair collision of a plane and Blackhawk helicopter.

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth talks to CBS News' Nikole Killion about the investigation into the midair collision of a Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines flight on Wednesday night. The Illinois Democrat,

Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, both Democrats, voted against Hegseth’s confirmation. UNITED STATES - JANUARY 14: Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be defense ...

"One of the things that often happen when there is an aircraft mishap is that the people who are the most clueless, like President Trump, immediately blame the pilots," Duckworth said.

As the investigation into a deadly plane crash in Washington, D.C., gets underway, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), a former U.S. Army Black Hawk pilot, will be looking into what happened as ranking member of the Aviation Safety Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Commerce,

If you have any questions, contact us at [email protected]. Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is set to try again on a bill to make air travel easier for breastfeeding parents that has gotten bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress and ...

Perry Wright Duckworth, 78, of Weirton, WV, passed away on Saturday. A 1964 graduate of Weir High School and Vietnam Veteran, Perry retired from the tin mill of Arcelor -Mittal, where he served as ...