tucson by the first lady, by house minority leader, nancy pelosi, and members of arizona s congressional delegation. the new speaker of the house, john boehner, was also reportedly offered a seat on air force one. he, however, stayed in washington. he did not attend tonight s service in person. roll call reporting that speaker boehner stayed behind to host an event, a cocktail party for the republican national committee. that party took place at the same time as the event in tucson. an aide to the speaker said that mr. boehner planned to leave that party, that event, before the president began his remarks. today was the day that speaker boehner was to have led a debate on the republican effort to repeal health reform. instead, house members passed a resolution to honor their colleague, gabrielle giffords, the congresswoman from tucson, who was holding that community outreach event that was the scene of saturday s attack. gabrielle giffords, of course, remains hospitalized tonight. he
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stayed behind to host an event for the republican national committee, a cocktail party. the party took place at the same time as the event in tucson, an aide to the speaker said mr. boehner planned to leave the party before the president began his racks tonight. today was the day that speaker john boehner was to have led a debate on the republican effort to repeal health reform. instead house members passed a resolution to honor their colleague, gabrielle giffords. the congresswoman from tucson who held the community outreach event that was the scene of saturday s attack. she remains hospitalized, of course, her physicians are optimistic for her chances of survival. the president tonight in his remarks departing from his prepared speep speech to make news about dramatic progress in gabrielle giffords recovery. we ll have that sound for you in a moment. it was greeted with almost ecstatic applause in tucson.
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