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Gabrielle Giffords

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, center, is joined by her husband Mark Kelly, left, and Emily Nottingham, mother of shooting victim Gabe Zimmerman, listening to a speaker as they returned to the site of a shooting that left her critically wounded to urge key senators to support expanded background checks for gun purchases, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Senate committee approves gun trafficking bill

Alan Fram, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday making gun trafficking a federal crime as lawmakers cast the first vote in Congress to curb firearms since December's horrific shootings at a Connecticut elementary school...
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State of the Union: Obama impassioned on guns

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - Obama used the conclusion of his speech to tens of millions of Americans to demand Congress vote on his gun control proposals...
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Retired NASA astronaut and Navy Capt. Mark Kelly (R) and his wife, shooting victim and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) prepares to give an opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee during hearing about gun control on Capitol Hill January 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. Giffords delivered an opening statment to the committee, which met for the first time since the mass shooting at a Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

White House says Obama to meet with Gabrielle Giffords

Nedra Pickler, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -— Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is following up her dramatic appeal for gun control on Capitol Hill with a visit to the White House...
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This photo provided on Feb. 22, 2011, by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Jared Lee Loughner.  (AP Photo/U.S. Marshal's Office, File)

Gabrielle Giffords' shooter gets life sentence

Brian Skoloff and Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, partially blind, her right arm paralyzed and limp, came face to face Thursday with the man who tried to kill her last year, standing beside her husband as he spoke of her struggles to recover from being shot in the head...
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Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the NAACP annual convention Tuesday, July 10, 2012, in Houston.  (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Eric Holder meets Tucson shooting survivors

Pete Yost, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than a dozen survivors and family members from the 2011 shootings in Tucson, Ariz., that wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords have outlined for Attorney General Eric Holder their campaign to stem gun violence...
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Gun control: No go for the Obama administration

Perry Bacon Jr
theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration is unlikely to make a new push on gun control legislation in the wake of a deadly shooting in Colorado last week...
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Obama calls retiring Giffords an 'inspiration'

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is praising Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as an 'inspiration' and 'the very best of what public service should be'...
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Applause greets Gabby Giffords' return to House

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats crowded around her as she mouthed "thank-you's." She used one hand to greet some, the other by her side...
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First lady says Tucson service showed 'who we are'

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama says her presence in settings like Tucson "gives me energy to do the next thing. It's truly a privilege for me to be doing that kind of stuff."...
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Obama and Congress pass crucial test of civility

Harriette Cole
OPINION - There were no audible outbursts. There were no caught-on-camera rolled eyes or disparaging glances...
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