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The Associated Press Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi were in Rep. Gabrielle Gifford's hospital room when she opened her eyes. The entire Arizona delegation, including President Obama's 2008 rival Sen. John McCain and his wife Cindy, were in the stadium watching the President console 14,000 mourners. Michelle Obama held tightly onto Gifford's husband Mark Kelly's hand.
But where was Speaker John Boehner? Politico reported this morning that the newly elected leader of the House turned down an offer to ride on Air Force One with the President and other officials to the Arizona ceremony to honor the victims of Saturday's fatal shooting. Instead, he stayed in Washington to host a reception for Maria Cino's bid for RNC chair. Read more
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi were in Rep. Gabrielle Gifford's hospital room when she opened her eyes. The entire Arizona delegation, including President Obama's 2008 rival Sen. John McCain and his wife Cindy, were in the stadium watching the President console 14,000 mourners. Michelle Obama held tightly onto Gifford's husband Mark Kelly's hand.
But where was Speaker John Boehner? Politico reported this morning that the newly elected leader of the House turned down an offer to ride on Air Force One with the President and other officials to the Arizona ceremony to honor the victims of Saturday's fatal shooting. Instead, he stayed in Washington to host a reception for Maria Cino's bid for RNC chair. Read more
I'm going to write about all the speeches we'll hear today -- President Obama will speak at the memorial service in Tucson tonight at 8:00 p.m. -- later on. But after watching and writing about Sarah Palin's problematic eight-minute video from this morning, I have to applaud the floor speech delivered by Speaker John Boehner. His tone was right. His words were right. The man known for his bursts of tears didn't disappoint on that score. But the man new to being second in the line of succession to the presidency also didn't disappoint in delivering an address worthy of a statesman. Read source
Chris Carlson/Associated Press Well wishers gather outside University Medical center at a make-shift memorial in Tucson, Ariz., Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot in the head Saturday during a speech at a local supermarket.
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U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others were at a grocery store when a gunman fired. Reportedly shot in head
AP – FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shows Democratic Rep. … TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona shot in the head while meeting constituents at a grocery store in Tucson, NPR reported on Saturday.
Giffords, a 40-year-old Democrat in her third term in Congress, was shot point blank by an unidentified gunman who fired indiscriminately into the crowd, NPR and other U.S. media said.
About a dozen others at the meeting were shot and the gunman was wrestled to the ground and taken into custody, Fox said, citing an eyewitness.
Giffords was airlifted to a hospital to a hospital after the shooting.
Re-elected in the November 2 election, Giffords focused on immigration reform, military issues, stem cell research and alternative energy while serving in Congress. She was married to U.S. astronaut Mark Kelly.
(Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Writing by Paul Simao, editing by Bill Trott) Read Source
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