Tammy Duckworth actually said...

"I am absolutely astounded, gentlemen. These men are dying. These men did not wait when the United States asked for help. They stepped forward immediately and volunteered to serve. Why are we making th..."

"we had our own Senator, a great Senator, Daniel Inouye had his Medal of Honor downgraded to a Silver Star simply because of his race."

"we are just basically dragging our--we are just waiting for them to die, which is unconscionable, because they were not waiting for Americans to die before they came forward to help."

"some of those decisions may have been not necessarily based on the actual facts of how these men served."