Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously wounded in a shooting incident in her home state of Arizona last year, received an emotional farewell from Congress on Wednesday as she resigned. In her resignation speech, read by a colleague, the 41-year-old Democratic congresswoman said she is stepping down to focus on her recovery, but vowed she […]
Wounded US Congresswoman Resigns
Posted January 25th, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously wounded in a shooting incident in her home state of Arizona last year, received an emotional farewell from Congress on Wednesday as she resigned. In her resignation speech, read by a colleague, the 41-year-old Democratic congresswoman said she is stepping down to focus on her recovery, but vowed she […]
Wounded US Congresswoman Resigns
Posted January 25th, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously wounded in a shooting incident in her home state of Arizona last year, received an emotional farewell from Congress on Wednesday as she resigned. In her resignation speech, read by a colleague, the 41-year-old Democratic congresswoman said she is stepping down to focus on her recovery, but vowed she […]
Wounded US Congresswoman Resigns
Posted January 25th, 2012 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously wounded in a shooting incident in her home state of Arizona last year, received an emotional farewell from Congress on Wednesday as she resigned. In her resignation speech, read by a colleague, the 41-year-old Democratic congresswoman said she is stepping down to focus on her recovery, but vowed she […]
Wounded Congresswoman Makes Last Vote in Congress
Posted January 25th, 2012 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously wounded in a shooting incident in her home state of Arizona last year, is expected to submit her resignation letter on Wednesday to concentrate on her recovery. Giffords’ office said in a statement on Tuesday that she will make her last official decision as a member of the U.S. […]
Wounded US Congresswoman Giffords to Step Down
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 5:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has announced she will resign from Congress, a year after she was seriously wounded in a shooting spree in her home state of Arizona. In a video statement posted on the Internet Sunday, Giffords said she is getting better, but that work remains for her recovery. She said she is stepping […]
Wounded US Congresswoman Giffords to Step Down
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has announced she will resign from Congress, a year after she was seriously wounded in a shooting spree in her home state of Arizona. In a video statement posted on the Internet Sunday, Giffords said she is getting better, but that work remains for her recovery. She said she is stepping […]
US Congresswoman Marks One Year Since Shooting
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 12:40 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords led a candlelight service in Tucson, Arizona to mark the one-year anniversary of a shooting spree that killed six people and left her seriously wounded. Giffords led a large crowd at the University of Arizona in a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, her voice emotional but strong. She was accompanied […]
Wounded US Congresswoman Released from Hospital
Posted June 15th, 2011 at 6:15 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. congresswoman has been released from the hospital, five months after she was shot in the head during a political event in the state of Arizona. A statement from the Texas hospital where Gabrielle Giffords has been undergoing rehabilitation says the congresswoman is moving to her husband’s home south of Houston, Texas. She will […]
Photos of Wounded US Congresswoman Released
Posted June 12th, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
The first photographs have been released of the U.S. congresswoman who was shot in the head in January at an outdoor political meeting. One photo shows Representative Garielle Giffords alone, smiling. In the second, she is seen with an unidentified woman. Giffords’ hair is cut short but there are few other signs of the gunshot […]
