Duckworth: Bush Torture Memo Author Should Be Disqualified from Any Government Service

Drawing on her 23 years of service in the Reserve Forces, Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) spoke out in opposition to torture memo author Steven Bradbury’s nomination to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation today. Speaking before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Duckworth outlined how Mr. Bradbury’s authorship of the torture memos demonstrated poor judgement and compromised our nation’s values, putting our troops and diplomats in harm’s way.