Obama leads moment of silence for shooting victims

What good does this do Brian Terry and Gabrielle Giffords?
Brian Terry was the Border Patrol agent who was killed by Mexican bandits a few weeks ago on the Arizona-Mexico border. Gabrielle Giffords is the congresswoman who was seriously shot Saturday in Tucson by a gunman. Not much was made of Brian Terry’s Murder. There was a Funeral. Janet Napolitano came to the funeral and chided Terry’s family for complaining that their son was not kept safe enough and that was the end of it. When it surfaced that the reason Terry was killed was that Nap...

Shock and silence: US honours shooting victims
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama observe a 'moment of silence' on the South Lawn at the White House to honor Victims of the Tucson shooting. Photo: AFP SOMBRE chimes rang out across a frosty Washington today, plunging America into a moment of silence, and President Barack Obama voiced a nation's shock over an Arizona shooting rampage. Mourners gathered at the White House, at the US Capitol, and at a Hospital in the southwestern state where lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords, the pri...

Obama Will Attend Tucson Memorial Service
President Obama will attend the memorial service on Wednesday in Tucson for those killed in Saturday’s shootings. Expect a lecture. President Obama will travel to Arizona on Wednesday to attend a memorial service for those killed in Saturday’s shootings that targeted Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) for Assassination, according to a White House official. The news that Obama would visit Tucson, where six people were killed and more than a dozen others were wounded by a gunmen on Sat...

The tragic shooting of Congresswoman Giffords affects all of us
The gunman is Jared Loughner. He is sick and deranged.  Unfortunately, liberal pundits attempted to tie Loughner as a conservative and blamed Talk Radio for this shooting.  He had been stalking Congresswoman Giffords for years. Their observations were unfounded and completely false.  Loughner was a Lone Wolf; a term liberals often use to categorize criminals.  People who knew Loughner said he was unstable and prone to violence.  He is an atheist.  He listened to hea...

Morning Must Reads: To Tucson
President Obama and the First Lady take part in a moment of silence on January 10 in honor of the Victims of the shooting in Tucson. (Reuters/Jim Young) --President Obama will travel to Arizona Wednesday to speak at a memorial for the Victims of Saturday's shooting. --Gun control advocates Sen. Frank Lautenberg and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy plan to introduce Legislation that would ban the type of extended magazine allegedly used by the Tucson shooter. It's unlikely to go anywhere and, as Scherer poi...

Giffords still in critical state
Will US Gun Laws change? The US congresswoman shot in a gun attack in Arizona is still in a critical condition in Hospital but showing good signs, her doctor says. A Mass for the six dead and Ms Giffords and more than a dozen others wounded in Saturday's attack was planned for Tuesday in Tuscon, Arizona. Jared Loughner, 22, is charged with the attack. He waived bail on Monday. On Tuesday Morning, Dr Lemole told NBC Ms Giffords's brain was "working at a higher level" and she ...

Obama Leads Moment of Silence after Shooting
Monday, January 10, 2011 By Lou Kesten, Associated Press In this March, 2010 photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords poses for a photo. Giffords was critically wounded during a shooting at a political event Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords) Washington (AP) - A somber President Barack Obama led a moment of silence on Monday for a nation stunned by an attempted Assassination against an Arizona congresswoman that left...

U.S. public says Giffords shooting, rhetoric unrelated
Most Americans see no relation between the attempted Assassination of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the political tactic of lacing vitriolic Rhetoric with Firearms analogies. That’s the conclusion of a CBS News poll that found most Republicans (69 pct), most Independents (56 pct) and even a plurality of Democrats (49 pct) believe the two phenomena unrelated. Those numbers add up to 57 percent of Americans overall — a true majority though not quite big enough to break a Se...

Citing Arizona, Va. delegate proposes banning firearms in State Capitol
A Virginia delegate is introducing a bill to ban Firearms from the State Capitol and General Assembly Building in response to the shooting rampage in Arizona that left a U.S. Congresswoman in critically wounded. Del. Patrick A. Hope (D-Arlington) will propose that the General Assembly consider the ban when it convenes for its annual legislative session Wednesday. "The tragedy this weekend in Tucson should cause all public officials to re-examine the safety and security of themselves, their staf...

Michelle Obama and President Obama have moment of silence for Gabrielle Giffords
the shooting Saturday in Tucson, Ariz. Lawn, POTUS in long black coat, First Lady in purple coat. More than 200 White House Staffers had already assembled on each side. Staffers included Axelrod, Cutter, Sperling, Messina. Flag was at half-staff. Staffers bowed their heads and closed their eyes. After almost exactly arms around one another. Examiner.com is looking for writers, photographers, and videographers to join the fastest growing group of local insiders. If you are interested in growing y...

Right Wing Media Vitriol Haunts Us In Arizona Shooting
We all had a finger on the trigger—I.F. Stone wrote those words about the Assassination of John F. Kennedy in the cruel fall of 1963. Now we come to the bleak winter of 2011, and how much has changed? Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords lay near dying in her own blood after a shooting rampage in Arizona left six dead, from a Federal Judge to a girl of nine, and 14 others injured. It all happened in the most American of places: a strip mall Parking Lot on a Saturday morning. That's what th...

Arizona tragedy casts pall over stunned nation
The nation’s capital lumbered to work in a pall Monday, somber from the Congress to the White House, as official Washington absorbed an Assassination attempt against one of its own. Giving voice to the grief, President Barack Obama conceded that everyone was still in shock. By the end of the long day, Obama had secured plans to travel on Wednesday to Tucson, Ariz., to speak at a memorial service for the Victims of the deadly attack. White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said First Lady Michel...

Official: Obama to travel to Arizona on Wednesday
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and government employees observe a moment of silence on South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, to honor those who were killed and injured in the shooting in Tucson, Ariz. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is in critical condition after being shot in the head. A senior administration official says President Barack Obama will travel to Arizona on Wednesday to attend a memorial service for the Victims of last weekend's...

Suspect in Arizona shootings appears in court
By David Schwartz PHOENIX, Arizona | Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:42pm EST PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - A troubled 22-year-old College Dropout made his first court appearance on Monday on five federal charges, including the attempted Assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who remained in critical condition with a bullet wound to the head. His hands manacled together, Jared Lee Loughner said understood the charges against him that stem from a Shooting Spree in Tucson on Saturday that left s...

Loughner makes his first public appearance after being charged over Tucson rampage
A mugshot of Jared Loughner released by Pima County Sheriff's Office. Jared Lee Loughner, accused of Murder and Attempted Murder of federal employees including US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, has appeared  in Federal Court in Phoenix and will continue to be held for future hearings. Loughner, 22, appeared before Magistrate Judge Lawrence Anderson on a five-count complaint that alleged he attempted to assassinate Giffords, who remains hospitalised in critical condition after Saturday's...

Suspect in Arizona shootings appears in court
By David Schwartz PHOENIX, Arizona | Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:42pm EST PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - A troubled 22-year-old College Dropout made his first court appearance on Monday on five federal charges, including the attempted Assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who remained in critical condition with a bullet wound to the head. His hands manacled together, Jared Lee Loughner said understood the charges against him that stem from a Shooting Spree in Tucson on Saturday that left s...

Obama urges U.S. to pull together after Arizona shooting rampage
Steve Holland, Reuters · Monday, Jan. 10, 2011 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama mourned Victims of an Arizona gunman on Monday and steered clear of a debate on whether harsh U.S. political Rhetoric inspired the attack on a U.S. congresswoman. Meanwhile in Arizona, Jared Lee Loughner, the suspect in Saturday's shooting made his first court appearance. As many members of his own Democratic Party decried the often rabid level of political discourse in the country, Mr. Obama said he is...

Moment of silence
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama emerged from the White House together to undertake a solemn duty: leading the nation in a moment of silence after the tragedy of Tuscon. It was powerful in its simplicity. No words. No action, except for the three dings of a chime by a Marine. At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, members of Congress covered the steps of the Capitol in similar observance. The same at the Supreme Court. The same at the scene of the crime that has provoked long-over...

Most Americans Reject Tie Between Political Rhetoric, Arizona Shootings
While the Arizona shootings have triggered a national debate about whether the vitriol in political Rhetoric has gone over the top, 57 percent of Americans do not believe the heated partisan tone of public debate had anything to do with the gun rampage in Tucson, according to a CBS News poll released Tuesday. The connection between the state of political discourse and the shootings that critically wounded Arizon Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, killed six and injured 13 others had perhaps been put most ...

In Arizona case, experts say planning undermines insanity plea
The alleged shooter in Saturday's deadly Tucson massacre may have difficulty making the case for a successful insanity plea, experts said Tuesday. Jared Lee Loughner, 22, who authorities say shot up a gathering held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, outside a Supermarket, has been anecdotally regarded as very troubled and perhaps mentally unbalanced because of his ramblings spotted on the Internet and the ways he has been described by acquaintances. But Paul Callan, a criminal def...

Obamas observe silence for Arizona shooting victims
The President and the First Lady hold a minute's silence outside the White House in memory of those killed in Tuscon, Arizona....

Americans observe moment of silence for Arizona victims
From the White House to Outer Space to the City Coffee Shop in Camden, Americans paid homage to the Victims of last weekend's shootings in Tucson, Ariz., by halting the buzz and motion of their day for a moment of silence at 11 a.m. Monday. On the White House South Lawn, President Obama and his wife, Michelle, presided over a national moment to pray and reflect on the event. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D., Ariz.) was wounded and six people were killed Saturday, including a Federal Judge and 9-year-...

Is it time for a national debate on the mentally ill?
Give some credit to The New Republic.  For the most part, they have eschewed the evidence-free festival of demonization the past three days after the mass Murder in Tucson that left six dead and fourteen injured, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.  Jonathan Chait scolded those on the Left who exploited the lunacy for their own political agendas in his column yesterday (via Rick Moran), and today William Galston focuses on the actual impetus to the shooting — insanity and society’...

Obama to travel to Arizona on Wednesday
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will travel to Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday to attend a memorial service for the Victims of last weekend's shooting rampage. White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said late Monday that the president would speak at the service, and that First Lady Michelle Obama would accompany her husband. The University of Arizona said the service would take place at 6 p.m. local time on the campus and would Be Free and open to the public. Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle...

In a pall, official Washington a stunned place
(01-10) 19:32 PST WASHINGTON, CA (AP) -- The nation's capital lumbered to work in a pall Monday, somber from the Congress to the White House, as official Washington absorbed an Assassination attempt against one of its own. Giving voice to the grief, President Barack Obama conceded that everyone was still in shock. By the end of the long day, Obama had secured plans to travel on Wednesday to Tucson, Ariz., to speak at a memorial service for the Victims of the deadly attack. White House spokesma...