Women Worth Noting

This news today gives me an excuse to call your attention to the contrarienne category that is the most fun, and probably worth a perusal if you haven't thought of going after it in the archives.

Republican senator has delayed President Barack Obama's nomination of Tammy Duckworth, an injured Iraq war helicopter pilot, to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

UPDATE: I didn't know until I tried that a search on the category doesn't get the full 73 entries. If you ever need to search the archives, they're at the bottom of the front page.

The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee didn't vote on the nomination Thursday because North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr asked that the panel hold off. Burr, the top Republican on the committee, wants Duckworth and the White House to answer some of his questions. Burr's spokesman, David Ward, would not say on Friday what the questions concerned.
"He's doing his due diligence ... to ensure that veterans have the best representation possible," Ward said.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The committee chairman, Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, called it a "disappointing setback."
"Tammy Duckworth is a talented and qualified nominee who has already given so much for her country and the veterans she serves," Akaka said in a statement.
Duckworth, a major in the Illinois National Guard, lost both her legs and partial use of one arm in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in 2004. She ran for Congress in 2006, but lost. She's currently the director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs.