Tag Archives: Gabrielle Giffords

January 25, 2011   1 Comment

Obama calls for colleges to let recruiters in

Tuesday 10:15pm EDT edition - President Obama once again brought up the issue of gays in the military during his annual State of the Union address.

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January 13, 2011   No comments

Hernandez hailed as hero

Daniel Hernandez Jr., the openly gay intern who ran to the rescue of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords during last Saturday’s shooting in Tucson, was seated next to President Obama Wednesday during a memorial for the victims of that shooting. President Obama

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January 11, 2011   No comments

Shooting prompts calls for a more civil Congress

The 112th Congress went barreling into all-out partisan warfare, as expected, in its opening week, and then the unexpected took over. A man gunned down a member of Congress in broad daylight.

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January 11, 2011   2 Comments

Gay intern rushed to Giffords’ side, hailed as hero

The young Congressional intern who provided critical first aid to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot in the head Saturday is a gay man, Daniel Hernandez Jr.

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