莫拉·凯勒在美国陆军服役26年，从一名军警士兵晋升为中校。退役后，她在亚特兰大退伍军人事务部（VA）从事医疗工作。如今，她希望代表佐治亚州第3国会选区。在接受Hm独家专访时，她谈到了自己的经历、竞选情况以及对伊朗战争的看法。为何从军，又为何从政据凯勒说，她父亲从小就对军队评价很高。她幼时想从事执法工作。上了一年大学后，她决定参军，因为军队可以资助她的学费。她17岁入伍。
Maura Keller served in the US Army for 26 years, rising through the ranks from an enlisted military police officer to lieutenant colonel. She later worked in health care at the Atlanta VA. She now wants to represent Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District. In an exclusive interview with Hm, she spoke about her life, her campaign, and her views on the Iran war. Why she joined the army, and then politicsAs per Keller, her father always spoke well of the military. She wanted to be in law enforcement as a young girl. After one year of college, she decided to join the army, as it would pay for her education. She joined at 17.
退役后，她做了约10年的战略分析师。随后她重返校园，开启了医疗领域的新职业。她担任核医学技师，最终进入退伍军人事务部工作。
After retiring, she worked as a strategic analyst for about 10 years. Then she went back to school and started a new career in health care. She worked as a nuclear medicine technologist and ended up at the VA (Department of Veterans Affairs).There, she saw veterans struggle to get appointments, benefits and good care.
在那里，她目睹退伍军人难以预约挂号、领取福利和获得良好的医疗照护。“每帮到一位退伍军人，外面就有100个、500个得不到帮助的退伍军人，”她说。当她无法解决这些问题时，她选择竞选国会议员。
“For every veteran that I help, there are 100, 500 of you out there that’s not getting that help,” she said. When she could not fix the problems, she chose to run for Congress.“When you see something, we say something, but we also do something,” she said of her military training.he party’: Tony Kozycki, Georgia Democrat running for Congress, to votersHer campaignKeller ran in 2024 and lost.
“发现问题，我们要说出来，但也要采取行动，”她说，这是她在军队受训时的信条。她的竞选凯勒在2024年参选并落选。她说，那次她是首次参选，选区重新划分后增加了更多共和党倾向地区，且她未获得任何支持。据凯勒称，许多农村选民告诉她，他们不投票是因为觉得自己的声音不会被听到。
She said that time she was a first-time candidate in a newly redrawn district with more Republican areas, and she got no support. According to Keller, many rural voters told her they did not vote because they felt their voice would not be heard.
她说，这次情况不同了。据凯勒称，2024年约有2.3万人投票，而这次几乎有5.6万人出来投票。
She said things are different this time. As per Keller, about 23,000 people voted in 2024, but almost 56,000 came out this time.
她还表示，许多共和党人告诉她，他们感觉被现任代表的办公室忽视，因此他们将把选票投给她。她的核心议题是薪资、医疗费用、关税和数据中心。据凯勒说，联邦最低工资已超过17年未曾上调，她希望提高薪资。她还主张降低医疗费用，并表示民众不应“碰运气，祈祷不生病”。据凯勒称，关税和伊朗战争推高了食品杂货、住房和农业的成本，这两者都必须停止。
She also said many Republicans have told her they feel ignored by their current representative’s office and that she has earned their vote. Her top issues are pay, health care costs, tariffs and data centers. According to Keller, the federal minimum wage has not gone up in over 17 years, and she wants to raise pay. She also wants lower health care costs, and said people should not have to “roll the dice and hope we don’t get sick.”As per Keller, tariffs and the Iran war have pushed up the cost of groceries, housing and farming, and both need to stop.
在数据中心问题上，凯勒说，这在2025年成为她选区的一个议题。她说，许多人不知道这些项目，因为它们是在地方会议上获批的。她说这是一个两党共同关注的问题。“我们不是说不发展数据中心，”她说，“所以我们要说的是：不要建在我们家后院。这就是我们的口号。”奥巴马与特朗普互骂升级，双方你来我往人身攻击身为军中女性凯勒1978年入伍，担任宪兵。
On data centers, Keller said they became an issue in her district in 2025. She said many people did not know about the projects because they are approved at local meetings. She said it is a bipartisan issue. “It’s not that we’re saying no to data centers,” she said. “So we are trying to say not in our backyard. That is the motto.”Obama-Trump war of words intensifies as both trade personal jabsBeing a woman in the militaryKeller joined the army in 1978 as a military police officer.
她年仅18岁便面临第一次重大考验。据凯勒回忆，她初到部队时有一条规定：女性不能单独执勤，也不能与另一名女性搭档执勤。一天，她的男搭档生病送医。凯勒被要求独自站岗。她拒绝了，指出规定不允许，必须给她安排搭档。对方说大家都很忙，这次“破例”没问题。凯勒坚决拒绝。第二天早上，她收到一份谈话记录单。
She was just 18 when she faced her first big test. According to Keller, there was a rule at her first posting that women could not work alone. They also could not work with another woman. One day, her male partner fell sick and had to go to the hospital. Keller was told to do gate duty by herself. She refused and said that the rule did not allow it, so they would have to find her a partner. They said everyone was busy and that it was fine “this time.”Keller said no. The next morning, she got a counseling statement.
但她说，她的观点已经传达出去了。据凯勒说，因为领导层无法解释为何女性不能单独执勤或与另一名女性搭档，该规定随后被修改了。凯勒批评赫格塞斯在女性和军队多元化问题上的立场凯勒说，当她晋升为少校时，一位同为少校的同僚向她道贺。
But she said her point was made. As per Keller, the rule was changed because her leaders could not explain why a woman could not work alone or with another woman. Keller criticizes Hegseth over women, diversity in the militaryKeller said when she was promoted to major, a fellow major congratulated her.
但他随后说，许多有资格的男性被排除在外，因为“我们必须提拔这么多女性和这么多黑人”。据凯勒称，人们总是让她的成功看起来像是配额的结果，而不是她自己的努力。她说，同样的想法今天又出现了。凯勒称，赫格塞斯罢免了四星将军、黑人CQ·布朗将军。她说，赫格塞斯在他的书中写道：“我们永远无法知道他是因为能力得到晋升，还是因为肤色”。
But he then said many deserving men had missed out because “we have to promote so many women and so many blacks.”As per Keller, people always made it seem that her success came from a quota and not from her own work. She said the same thinking is back today. As per Keller, Hegseth removed General CQ Brown, a four-star general who is Black. She said Hegseth wrote in his book that “we will never know if he got promoted because of his competence, or because of the color of his skin.”
凯勒还说，赫格塞斯解雇并罢免了许多女性。她认为，这让人们怀疑女性是凭实力晋升，还是仅因为她们是女性才得到晋升。“正如我所说，他正在从内部摧毁军队，”她说。
Keller also said Hegseth has fired and removed many women. According to her, this makes people wonder if women earned their promotions or got them only because they were women. “He is, like I say, destroying the military from within,” she said.
凯勒此前也曾谈及此事。在一篇评论文章中，她写道，自己在服役的26年里，每一步都达到了陆军的标准。她说，听到国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯暗示女性的标准被降低让她感到愤怒。“标准就是标准，”她写道。
Keller has spoken about this before. In an opinion piece, she wrote that in her 26 years in service, she met the Army’s standard at every step. She said it angers her to hear Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggest that standards were lowered for women. “The standard is the standard,” she wrote.
据凯勒称，赫格塞斯在2024年一次播客访谈中表示，在上任前，“那些职位上的男性更有能力”。她还写道，他随后宣布一项政策，将所有指定的作战兵种岗位恢复到“最高男性标准”。凯勒质疑为何要这样称呼。她对伊朗战争的看法凯勒说，伊朗战争正在侵蚀美国人的钱包。她称，这场战争推高了农民的成本，如柴油和化肥。她还想停止特朗普政府的关税。她说，这些关税抬高了食品杂货以及木材和钢材等住房材料的价格。
“这已经不再是可负担问题，而是生存问题，因为你周围的一切都在上涨，”她说。
As per Keller, Hegseth said in a 2024 podcast interview, before he took office, that “men in those positions are more capable.”She also wrote that he later announced a policy to return every designated combat arms position to “the highest male standard.”Keller questioned why it is called that. Her views on Iran warKeller said the Iran war is hurting Americans’ wallets. As per Keller, the war has driven up costs for farmers, like diesel and fertilizer. She also wants to stop the Trump administration’s tariffs. According to her, they push up the price of groceries and housing materials like timber and steel.“It’s no longer affordability. It’s survivability because everything around you went up,” she said.
谈及战争本身，凯勒说：“本届政府仍未告诉我们任务和目标是什么。”她指出，特朗普、国防部长赫格塞斯和马尔科·鲁比奥在战争初期各自给出了不同的理由。
On the war itself, Keller said, “this administration still has yet to tell us what that mission and objective is.”She says, Trump, Defense Secretary Hegseth and Marco Rubio each gave different reasons for going to war at the start.
她称这是第一个危险信号。她还表示没有退出计划。她想向选民传达的信息是：凯勒说，她希望选民了解选票上有谁，以及每位候选人的立场。她说，她通过电话、短信，甚至咖啡店与人们见面。“在军队里，你的话就是你的承诺，”她说，并补充说信任是一个大问题，因为许多人认为所有政客都撒谎。她承诺获胜后仍会保持可联系状态。“我是你们在华盛顿的扩音器，”她说。“我是你们的邻居。”
She called this the first red flag. She also said there is no exit plan. Her message to votersKeller said she wants voters to learn who is on the ballot and what each candidate stands for. She said she meets people over calls, texts and even at coffee shops.“In the military, your word is your bond,” she said, adding that trust is a big issue as many people believe all politicians lie. She promised to stay reachable after winning. “I’m your megaphone in Washington,” she said. “I’m your neighbor.”