Kennedy Library Association, and in May will present the Profile in Courage award to former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

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One face we did not see tonight was that of our friend and colleague, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona.

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Claire Charness, Canada: My role model is ex-Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

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So even as outrage is sparked over shootings such as that of Trayvon Martin in Florida and former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona, there is little appetite for gun-control legislation.

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It will be performed by Dr. Dong Kim, a neurosurgeon who helped lead the team that treated former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot in the head in 2011.

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Earlier on Tuesday, doctors said US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona Democrat who was the intended target of the shooting, was still in critical condition in hospital but was capable of breathing on her own.

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Among those new faces is Gabrielle Giffords, the Democratic congresswoman elect from the eighth district of Arizona.

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Inside the statehouse, Mark Kelly -- the husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Democratic congresswoman who was shot while meeting with constituents in Arizona in January 2011 -- stressed the importance of universal background checks.

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Pam Simon, a staff member to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, said she was a few feet away from the congresswoman on the day both were shot outside a Tucson grocery store.

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