Thursday, January 13, 2011

Obama participates in Tucson in a memorial to the victims

The U.S. president, Barack Obama, participate tonight in Tucson (2.00, Spanish CET) in a ceremony honoring the six dead and 14 wounded, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, gunshot wound to the head. Obama, who is traveling with the First Lady, Michelle Obama, and that after the funeral will return immediately to Washington, meet with the families of some victims and participate in a ceremony at the University of Arizona.

Upon his arrival in Tucson, the president traveled to the city's university hospital to visit Gabrielle Giffords. As indicated by the White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, Obama "wanted to start this solemn journey stopping first at the hospital where Congresswoman Giffords and others are still recovering." The president and his wife Michelle were at the hospital about fifty minutes, which always used to greet the doctors and nurses at the center.

The visit to the congresswoman and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, in the room that Giffords has in the Intensive Care Unit lasted nine minutes, sources said the White House. The head of the emergency department of the university hospital, Peter Rhee, reported that remain in this medical center five others wounded in the shooting, two of which are severe and three mild.

According to Gibbs, at the ceremony the president "will devote a significant portion of his speech to the memory of the victims. They also reflect on how we can all honor his memory in our own lives." His efforts coincide with another of the traditional political class to try to calm the political climate and reduce the decibels of their messages.

In the House of Representatives, the vote expected to reject the Barack Obama health care reform, one of the highlights of the new Republican majority, was replaced by discussion of a resolution of condemnation of what happened in Tucson. What could have been a time of enormous tension parliamentary became a symbolic meeting of unity.

The text submitted to the vote stands "firm belief in democracy in which everyone can participate and in which intimidation and threats of violence can not silence the voice of any American." For the president, is the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to connect with the feelings of his countrymen in the present circumstances and provide empathy and guidance.

So much for Obama as Republicans these are hours that can decide their future for a long time.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 2:35 AM

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