Gabrielle Giffords

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March 7, 2013

Senate committee approves gun trafficking bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday making gun trafficking a federal crime as lawmakers cast the…
February 12, 2013

State of the Union: Obama impassioned on gun control

theGRIO REPORT - Obama used the conclusion of his speech to tens of millions of Americans to demand Congress vote…
January 30, 2013

White House says Obama to meet with Gabrielle Giffords

WASHINGTON (AP) -— Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is following up her dramatic appeal for gun control on Capitol Hill with…
November 8, 2012

Gabrielle Giffords' shooter gets life sentence

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, partially blind, her right arm paralyzed and limp, came face to face…
August 29, 2012

Attorney general Eric Holder meets Tucson shooting survivors

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than a dozen survivors and family members from the 2011 shootings in Tucson, Ariz., that wounded…
July 23, 2012

Obama unlikely to push gun control measures in wake of Colorado shooting

theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration is unlikely to make a new push on gun control legislation in the wake…
January 22, 2012

Obama calls retiring Rep. Gabrielle Giffords an 'inspiration'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is praising Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as an 'inspiration' and 'the very best of…
August 1, 2011

Applause greets Gabby Giffords' return to House

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats crowded around her as she mouthed "thank-you's." She used one hand to greet some, the other…
January 28, 2011

First lady says Tucson service showed ‘who we are’

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama says her presence in settings like Tucson "gives me energy to do the next thing. It's…
January 26, 2011

Obama and Congress pass crucial test of civility

OPINION - There were no audible outbursts. There were no caught-on-camera rolled eyes or disparaging glances...
January 25, 2011

What you won’t hear in the State of the Union

OPINION - The predicted mixed message will give the White House room to define the real message going into this…
January 24, 2011

Powell still bullish on Obama, not joining govt

WASHINGTON (AP) - Powell also lamented the lack of civility in political discourse and urged Americans to display tolerance in…
January 17, 2011

Americans ponder King in wake of Tucson shootings

ATLANTA (AP) - Arizona once resisted the notion of a federal King holiday -- and last year was the setting…
January 15, 2011

MLK III: Tucson shootings underscore father’s message

ATLANTA (AP) - Martin Luther King III spoke Saturday at a dinner where the King Center is honoring the late…
January 14, 2011

Obama could get boost from Tucson tragedy speech

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama's speech earned compliments from even some of his severest conservative critics, who used such words as…
January 13, 2011

How Obama rose to the occasion as ‘Comforter-in-Chief’

OPINION - This speech will go down in the annals of politics as one of the most inspiring, compassionate and…
January 12, 2011

Obama tells polarized nation: ‘We can be better’

TUCSON, Arizona (AP) - Obama said that Rep. Giffords, who on Saturday was shot point-blank in the head, had opened…
January 12, 2011

Tragedy in Tucson hits close to home for Congolese immigrant

theGRIO REPORT - Judge John Roll presided over Joseph Mbangu's wife's naturalization ceremony in 2006, and he cast his first…
January 12, 2011

Obama visits Rep. Giffords at Arizona hospital

TUCSON, Ariz (AP) - Barack and Michelle Obama visited privately at University Medical Center with Giffords and other victims of…
January 12, 2011

Local Arizona black GOPer resigns: ‘I don’t want to take a bullet’

"I wasn't going to resign but decided to quit after what happened Saturday," Miller told the Republic. "I love the…