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(Star Wars) Why does Padme Amidala, an important diplomat, go on potentially dangerous missions?

Im watching the Clone Wars series and she seems to go off on her own constantly without any backup other than Jar Jar...This just seems really irresponsible and outside of her job duties anyway.
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It is, but it's also the only way that she can get some of the information that she needs.

See, here's the thing. She can't just get a bunch of clones together and say 'do this'. Unless they're specifically assigned to her, she's not in their chain of command. Also, if she went through the 'proper channels', she'd lose a lot of time to the bureaucracy. This is bad when she's on to something time-sensitive. This isn't even getting into the situations where she might end up directly opposing another Senator. If she were requesting funds and manpower hours to go into a clone squad that would dig into their business and find out that they're undermining the Republic somehow, they could block her on the Senate floor. Especially when, like on some occasions, all she has is "I just *know* they're corrupt!"