Gabrielle Giffords is Resigning

Gabrielle Giffords

L.A. Times - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who came to symbolize hope and resilience as she tenaciously recovered from a gunshot wound to the head during the last year, announced she would resign from Congress to concentrate on her recovery.
Giffords, 41, announced her plans in a stylized video on YouTube and Facebook and in a Twitter post. Her decision, effective this week, clears the way for candidates in both parties to stake a claim on her competitive border district. By state law, her replacement will be chosen in a special election.
"I have more work to do on my recovery," Giffords says in the video, appearing in a crisp red jacket and without the glasses she has sported recently. She says she is doing what is best for the state.
"I'm getting better. Every day my spirit is high," she says, speaking directly, deliberately and somewhat haltingly. "I will return, and we will work together for Arizona." Read full story here: News New Mexico

Gabrielle Giffords is Resigning