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Gabrielle Giffords Resigns from Congress -- VIDEO

Updated: January 25, 2012 | 11:19 a.m.
January 25, 2012 | 11:01 a.m.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., resigned from Congress on Wednesday. Watch as Giffords's close friend, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., gets emotional while reading Giffords's resignation letter. Later, Giffords personally hands her letter of resignation to House Speaker John Boehner, who fights back tears.

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