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In this photo provided by the office of U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords, Mrs. Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly, stands with his wife as she looks from her bed at the Santa Catalina Mountains while on an outdoor deck at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. Mrs. Giffords is scheduled to be flown to Houston on Friday to begin her rehabilitation. (AP Photo/Office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords)

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In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, hospital staff prepare a room for the arrival of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital in Houston. Giffords is expected to be moved Friday to the Texas Medical Center hospital to begin the next phase of her recovery from a gunshot wound. (AP Photo/Smiley N. Pool, Pool)

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Mourners gather at a candlelight vigil honoring Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other victims of the recent shooting rampage took place in Tucson, Ariz., at Scripps College in Claremont , Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011. Mrs. Giffords graduated from Scripps College. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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FILE - This combination image of three file photos shows Jared Lee Loughner, the gunman accused of trying to assassinate Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six others. From left to right Loughner is seen at the Tucson Festival of Books in a March 2010 photo by Mamta Popat of the Arizona Daily Star, in an undated photo obtained from MySpace, and in another undated photo released by the Pima County Sheriff's Office to the The Arizona Republic. Loughner was not on any government watch list before the shooting. (AP Photo/Files) MANDATORY CREDIT. NO MAGAZINES. NO SALES.

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This photo provided by ABC television shows Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband and NASA astronaut Capt. Mark Kelly talks with host Diane Sawyer during a pretaped interview in Tucson, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, his first television interview since the tragic shooting of his wife in Tucson. The interview is scheduled to air Tuesday, Jan. 18. (AP Photo/ABC News, Ralph Freso) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES.

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A poster outside of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords office in Tucson, Ariz., wishes her well Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. Makeshift memorials have sprouted up around Tucson for the victims of the Jan. 8 shooting that killed six people and injured 13, including Giffords. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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Capt. Mark Kelly, husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., arrives at the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church for the funeral of 9-year-old Christina Green Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Green was the youngest victim of Saturday's shooting in Tucson. (AP Photo/Mamta Popat, Pool)

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**FILE** Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat, is shown with her husband, Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, who is a NASA astronaut. (Associated Press/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords)

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Dr. Peter Rhee, Trauma and Critical Care Emergency Surgery doctor at University Medical Center, describes in more detail the gunshot wound Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.,received on Saturday, during a news briefing at UMC in Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 11, 2011. Mrs. Giffords remains in critical condition, but doctors have reported steady progress each day since she was wounded last weekend. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2011 file photo, Dr. Peter Rhee, Trauma and Critical Care Emergency Surgery doctor at University Medical Center, describes in more detail the gunshot wound Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.,received on Saturday, during a news briefing at UMC in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords remains in critical condition, but doctors have reported steady progress each day since she was wounded last weekend. If all goes well, she may be "out of the woods" on Friday, said Rhee. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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** FILE ** President Obama greets Daniel Hernandez, an intern for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who helped her after she was shot, at a memorial service on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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University Medical Center nurses visit the makeshift memorial to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other victims of Saturday's shootings, Wednesday, Jan .12, 2011, in front of the Tucson, Ariz. hospital. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Mark Henle)

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First lady Michelle Obama hugs astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, during a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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President Obama embraces Mark Kelly, the husband of critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at the end of a ceremony honoring the victims of a shooting rampage that killed six people and left 14 injured last Saturday, on the University of Arizona campus, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Obama puts his arm around first lady Michelle Obama near the end of a memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., to honor the victims of a shooting rampage that killed six people and left 14 injured, including Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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An overflow crowd in Arizona Stadium reacts to news that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat, had opened her eyes after a hospital visit by the president, during a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, on the University of Arizona campus, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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First lady Michelle Obama watches as astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, hugs Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Wednesday in Tucson, Ariz., at a memorial service for victims of Saturday's shootings. (Associated Press)

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HONORED: President Obama joins the audience Wednesday during a memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., in applauding Daniel Hernandez, an intern for Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who helped her immediately after she was wounded Saturday during the shopping center shooting spree. (Associated Press)

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President Obama hugs Daniel Hernandez, an intern for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at a memorial service Wednesday for the victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Ariz. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. is calling for increased spending to protect members of Congress and their staffs following the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. (Associated Press)