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Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) will resign from Congress this week, she announced in a video message posted Sunday.
Giffords,
the victim of a gunshot wound to the head in an attack a year ago in
her Arizona district, cited her continued work toward recovery as a
reason for stepping down from her seat.
"I have more work to do
on my recovery so to do what is best for Arizona I will step down this
week," she said in a video message posted to YouTube. "I will return and
we will work together for Arizona and this great country."
Giffords has enjoyed a remarkable recovery since being shot in a Jan. 8, 2011 incident that left six dead.
Prior
to that shooting, she had been considering a rising Democratic star,
and had been considering a bid for Senate this fall. During the course
of her recovery, she has been absent from Capitol Hill except for a
surprise return to vote in August on an agreement to raise the nation's
debt ceiling.
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