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Former U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, sing the national anthem at a ceremony at the Pentagon, Feb. 10, 2012. Mabus announced the naming of the Navy's newest next variant littoral combat ship, USS Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords was critically wounded in 2011 by a gunman in Tucson, Ariz.

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Former U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, sing the national anthem at a ceremony at the Pentagon, Feb. 10, 2012. Mabus announced the naming of the Navy's newest next variant littoral combat ship, USS Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords was critically wounded in 2011 by a gunman in Tucson, Ariz.

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