Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Gabrielle giffords

  • Gabrielle Giffords was back in the House. But this time she had come to say goodbye. Fellow lawmakers gave her a fitting send-off: cheers, hugs, a cascade of tributes and plenty of tears in a rare moment of political unity.
  • (AP - msnbc.com)
  • In an emotional moment on the House floor that left many in tears and smiles, Rep.
  • (Politico.com)
  • There was a tearful scene of rare solidarity today in the House of Representatives. Arizona Democrat Gabrielle Giffords handed in her resignation one year after being shot in the head by a would-be assassin. NPRs David Welna has the story.
  • (NPR News)
  • Gabrielle Giffords may be resigning from the U.S. House of Representatives, but her Asheville speech pathologist says: You havent heard the last of her yet.
  • (CharlotteObserver.com)
  • (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, wounded a year ago in a deadly Tucson shooting spree, stepped down from the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to focus on her recovery.
  • (Reuters Canada)
  • WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congress, in a rare show of unity, gave an emotional sendoff Wednesday to Gabrielle Giffords, the lawmaker who was critically injured after being shot by a deranged gunman, and who is leaving office to focus on her recovery.
  • (Regina Leader-Post)
  • On Wednesday, Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) stepped down from her seat in the House of Representatives. In her farewell speech—read on the House floor by her colleague and close friend Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fl.
  • (Mother Jones)
  • TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - Representative Gabrielle Giffords, gravely wounded a year ago in a deadly Tucson shooting spree, submitted her resignation from Congress on Wednesday to focus on her recovery.
  • (WTVR-TV)
  • WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has resigned from the House with a standing ovation from her colleagues, more than a year after she was gravely wounded by a would-be assassin.
  • (Record)
  • In letters of resignation to U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer today, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says she is not able to give 100 percent to her district at the moment.
  • (Arizona Daily Star)

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