Gabrielle Giffords to Deliver Pledge at Convention

By Jonathan Miller

Updated: September 6, 2012 | 5:43 p.m.
September 6, 2012 | 3:23 p.m.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. leaves her office on Capitol Hill in Washington for the last time as a member of Congress (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will deliver the Pledge of Allegiance to the Democratic convention Thursday, CNN reports.

The news of the appearance, which was confirmed Thursday by a spokeswoman for Giffords, was first reported by Roll Call. Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly had been spotted in Charlotte this week.

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Giffords was the victim of a shooting in Arizona in January 2011 that killed six and wounded thirteen others. In January of this year, Giffords resigned her congressional seat.

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