Gabrielle Giffords

January 22nd, 2012

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona Congresswoman who was nearly killed by a gunman one year ago, announced on Sunday that she’ll step down from the U.S. House this week.

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September 12th, 2011

Gabrielle Giffords, the U.S. Congresswoman from Arizona who was shot in the head last January, will give her first TV interview since the incident to Diane Sawyer.

ABC News will air the chat with Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, as part of a November 14 primetime special.

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Gabrielle Giffords

August 1st, 2011

Gabrielle Giffords, the Congresswoman from Arizona nearly killed by a gunman last January, returned to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives tonight for the first time since the shooting in order to cast her vote in the hotly contested debt ceiling crisis.

“Gabrielle has returned to Washington to support a bipartisan bill to prevent economic crisis,” her office said on Twitter.

Members of Congress, mired for weeks in an ugly legislative battle, united to give Giffords a standing ovation when she appeared.

Check out the video here!

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June 15th, 2011

Gabrielle Giffords has reportedly been released from the hospital, five months after the congresswoman was shot in the head while speaking with constituents in Tucson, Arizona.

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June 12th, 2011

Two photos of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords were released this morning on her Facebook page.

The two pics show the Congresswoman with shorter hair, smiling five months after being shot at close range in the left side of her head by a gunman in front of a Safeway in Tucson.

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January 24th, 2011

Jared Lee Loughner has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of attempting to assassinate U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords.

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January 15th, 2011

One week after a gunman shot her in the head, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is breathing on her own.

On Saturday, doctors performed a tracheotomy on the congresswoman, inserting a breathing tube and allowing them to remove her from the ventilator she’s used since the attempt on her life.

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January 10th, 2011

In today’s lineup, Lindsay Lohan makes a friend, Salma Hayek makes a miniseries, and Rihanna makes history.

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