New director of veterans affairs stops off for visit at Anna facility

New director of veterans affairs stops off for visit at Anna facility
BY CALEB HALE, THE SOUTHERN
New Acting Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs Tammy Duckworth chatted with World War II veteran Watler Cherrick Wednesday during a visit to the Illinois Veteran's Home at Anna. (CEASAR MARAGNI/THE SOUTHERN) ANNA - Tammy Duckworth refers to Illinois' roughly 1.2 million veterans as her "buddies" and says each one of them deserves the most affordable and accessible care he or she can get. Period. Duckworth, an amputee Iraq war veteran who recently lost an Illinois congressional race, now has a new mission - director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs.It's a job Gov. Rod Blagojevich first spoke to her about two days after the Nov. 7 election.

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