Representative Gabrielle Giffords has resigned form the U.S. House of Representatives a little more than one year after she was shot in the head at an event for her constituents in Tuscon, Arizona.
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Retires From Congress
This file photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shows her, left, with her husband, NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. Aides to Giffords have been preparing for her to travel to Florida to watch her husband's space shuttle launch planned for the
Emergency personnel and Daniel Hernandez, an intern for Ms. Giffords, second right, move Giffords after she was shot in the head outside a shopping center in Tucson, Ariz. on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. (AP)
Well-wishers gather outside the offices of Rep. Giffords during a candlelight vigil in Tucson, Ariz., Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. (AP)
Jared Loughner, the suspect in the Tucson shootings that critically wounded Rep. Giffords was charged on counts that include the murders of a federal judge and a congressional aide. (AP)
Rep. Giffords takes part in a reenactment of her swearing-in, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 8 2011. (AP)
This February, 2010 photo provided by the office of Rep. Giffords shows the congresswoman with Ron Barber, district director for Giffords, right, who was also injured in the Tuscon incident. (AP)
Rep. Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband, retired Capt. Mark Kelly, meet both active and retired airmen after serving a Thanksgiving meal to troops at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP)
Rep. Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, watch a military honor guard at the start of a memorial vigil remembering the victims and survivors of the 2011 shooting that left six dead and 13 injured, including Giffords, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Tucson, Ari
President Barack Obama embraces Rep. Giffords before his State of the Union address Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP)