Recently released photos of a smiling Rep. Gabrielle Giffords have reassured her supporters that she is recovering well. They have also sparked much media interest — a strategic ploy by Giffords' team, who released the images in the hopes that the press will back off the Arizona congresswoman once she is discharged from inpatient treatment next month.
It's been just five months since a psychotic gunman shot Giffords in the head while she was meeting with constituents outside of a supermarket in Tucson in early January. Since Jan. 26, Giffords has been living in the residential rehabilitation clinic TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston. Next month, Giffords is scheduled to leave the facility to begin outpatient therapy; her team has not determined where.
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