My first direct encounter with the military was when I joined ROTC as a graduate student, although my father, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, can trace the military service in our family all the way back to the Revolutionary War.


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TAMMY BLANCHARD
I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospi...
TAMMY BALDWIN
I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at pers...
TAMMY BALDWIN
When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.
TAMMY BALDWIN
I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologie...
TAMMY BALDWIN
Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents...
TAMMY BALDWIN
In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented o...
TAMMY BALDWIN
I think that that integrity is something that is important to voters.
TAMMY BALDWIN
Americans are not saving enough for retirement.
TAMMY BALDWIN
The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
TAMMY BALDWIN
From day one, I have always been open about my sexual orientation.
TAMMY BALDWIN
It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.
TAMMY BALDWIN
Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is...
TAMMY BALDWIN
I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who ...
TAMMY BALDWIN
All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... becaus...
TAMMY BALDWIN
Sometimes I wish I weren't famous.
TAMMY WYNETTE
Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are, and will be doing quite well - a...
TAMMY BRUCE
In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the de...
TAMMY BRUCE
How one stands up to any sort of allegation in the heat of political battle reveals the strength and...
TAMMY BRUCE
I am not a typical human being. I am me and don't try to be anything but that because God didn't giv...
TAMMY WOOSTER
That was my Norwegian grandmother's.
TAMMY HARTY'S
the original country music diva.
TAMMY WYNETTE
It's something that was a part of my growing up and my childhood, ... I loved the hall.
TAMMY WYNETTE
Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today. Me and Little Joe will be going away. I love you both and thi...
TAMMY WYNETTE
Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love to just one man.
TAMMY WYNETTE
I flipped open my Nextel, went to Shane's number, dialed it, and Shane said, 'Hello?'
TAMMY TOWNSEND
It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next 24 to 48 hours. I think it'll be a big decision...
TAMMY PETERS
He fell on the triple axel and he missed a spin when he slipped - which he normally never does. Thos...
TAMMY GAMBILL
We literally stopped at 25 or more hotels and motels on the way up and couldn't find one room, ... W...
TAMMY TOWNSEND
We got out of New Orleans about 9:30 Saturday morning on a wing and a prayer. We had no plans other ...
TAMMY TOWNSEND
The next two days, gas prices went nuts.
TAMMY BEARD
And we're gonna put the pen in the box, and she loved lavender roses so we can put a rose petal in h...
TAMMY KUBO
I went to my car in the morning and it was on my windshield wiper with a nice note. He heard and wan...
TAMMY KUBO
We'd always be in the kitchen; it was a Saturday morning thing, just sitting there with a big bushel...
TAMMY MOORE
Your mind is your battleship through the storm of life's hardship where you can either lose control ...
TAMMY MARTELL
It's neat seeing the continuum of care. I'll pick someone up in the ambulance, then see them at the ...
TAMMY SNOW
I didn't think I would win. I'm excited. I don't know what to say. This has been a dream come true. ...
TAMMY WOODS
I wasn't really sure when the other keys weren't turning. But when mine turned, I was real, real hap...
TAMMY WOODS
I was pleased with our hitting today. I felt like that, with that amount of hits from us, and if our...
TAMMY OLSON
Brain dead. The brain and the body weren't working [together], and nothing was firing. I was very di...
TAMMY OLSON
CMA established the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961, and it is truly our format's ultimate honor....
TAMMY GENOVESE
It's $50 for a booth and they're still taking booths.
TAMMY HUTCHESON
We're not calling this a sequel. We're calling it the next installment.
TAMMY SMITH
Everybody is just really appalled that an 8-year-old would be labeled, even if it's not going in his...
TAMMY BARTH
We've been welcomed by the old customers and we're welcoming lots of new customers. They like the ch...
TAMMY MCINTYRE
Sam was throwing fastballs up in the zone, so they were hitting fastballs all over the place.
TAMMY OLSON
You would be surprised at how quick a baby will crawl toward a photo of [his/her] mother.
TAMMY ANDERSON
It is going to be a really warm, cozy, home atmosphere.
TAMMY ANDERSON