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Then-Rep.-elect Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., sits outside Capitol Hill Jan. 3 in Washington. The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress. Duckworth, who lost both legs and partial use of an arm in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Iraq, told her colleagues in the final moments of debate on Friday, "This is a self-inflicted wound that has no place in the military."](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/1140/assets/137128505851919152676150X150.jpg "Associated Press
Then-Rep.-elect Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., sits outside Capitol Hill Jan. 3 in Washington. The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress. Duckworth, who lost both legs and partial use of an arm in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Iraq, told her colleagues in the final moments of debate on Friday, "This is a self-inflicted wound that has no place in the military."")
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