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| House's Giffords to leave Congress | |
| 2012-01-23 | |
| [Iran Press TV] U.S. Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who suffered severe wounds after being shot in the head during an liquidation attempt outside an Arizona supermarket in January 2010, announced her resignation from Congress Sunday. In a video posted on her Facebook page, Giffords, speaking in a carefully enunciated, yet halting, manner, explained that she is stepping down from the office she held since 2007 to focus on recovering from the wounds inflicted in the attack. "I have more work to do on my recovery," Giffords said in the video. "So to do what is best for Arizona, I will step down this week." Giffords' announcement comes more than two years after she was shot in the head by a lone gunman outside a Tucson, Ariz., supermarket as she was holding a constituent's meeting. The rampage left six people dead and 13 others maimed, including Giffords. According to officials in Washington, her resignation is expected to take effect on Monday.
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| Posted by:Fred |