Gabrielle Giffords Biyografisi - Gabrielle Giffords Kimdir -Gabrielle Giffords Hayatı

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Gabrielle Giffords Biyografisi - Gabrielle Giffords Kimdir - Gabrielle Giffords Hayatı

Gabrielle Giffords ( 8 Haziran 1970 Arizona / Amerika doğumlu politikacı )

İngilizce Biyografisi

Gabrielle Giffords (Born June 8, 1970) is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and was the third woman in Arizona's history to be elected to serve in the U.S. Congress. The district encompasses the southeastern part of the state. It includes all of Cochise County and parts of Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz counties.

Giffords in 2007

A native of Tucson, Arizona, she is a graduate of Cornell University and Scripps College. Prior to serving in the United States House of Representatives, Giffords served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2001 until 2003, and the Arizona State Senate from 2003 until 2005, when she

resigned to run for the seat held by then-Congressman Jim Kolbe. She also worked as an associate for regional economic development in New York City, and as CEO of El Campo Tire Warehouses, a local automotive chain.

Giffords has served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, and was narrowly elected to a third in the 2010 midterm elections. Her stance on

health care reform and illegal immigration was a source of attention for those opposed to her candidacy, and has made her a recipient of criticism from various conservative groups.

Giffords with the Commandant of the Coast Guard

On January 8, 2011, she was one of several people shot while attending a public event in Tucson,

Arizona. She is said to be in "critical" condition and in surgery. She has been reported to be responding to doctors' commands.

Personal Life

Giffords was born in Tucson, Arizona. She married U.S. Navy Captain and astronaut Mark E. Kelly on November 10, 2007. He was the space shuttle's pilot on STS-108 and STS-121, the latter being the first shuttle mission to launch on the Fourth of July. Giffords participated in a NASA tradition when she selected "Beautiful Day" by U2 as one of the wake-up calls for the STS-121 shuttle crew. On May 31, 2008, Kelly launched into orbit for the third time as Commander of STS-124. This

mission in to space marked the first time an astronaut was married to a sitting member of the U.S. Congress.

Giffords' parents are Spencer J. Giffords and Gloria Kay Fraser Giffords. Giffords is Arizona's first Jewish Congresswoman. She is a member of Congregation Chaverim in Tucson.

After Hurricane Katrina struck in the late summer of 2005, Giffords spent time as a volunteer in Houston, Texas, in relief efforts for Hurricane victims. She wrote about her experience in the Tucson Citizen.

Giffords is an avid reader and was featured on NPR's Weekend Edition on July 9, 2006. She discussed books she was currently reading, including First Man, a biography of astronaut Neil Armstrong and The Heartless Stone a book by Tom Zoellner about the intricacies of the diamond industry

across several continents. Congresswoman Giffords was periodically interviewed together with Illinois Republican Peter Roskam on NPR's All Things Considered. The series focused on their experiences as freshman members of the 110th Congress.