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# Warship USS Gabrielle Giffords Is Put Into Active Service After Ceremony in Texas

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## Video: Warship USS Gabrielle Giffords Is Put Into Active Service After Ceremony in Texas

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_Published 2017-06-10. A new warship named after former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded during a deadly 2011 shooting, has been put into active service following a commissioning ceremony in Texas._


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## Transcript

[ MUSIC ] I'm so happy to be here with you today. This is an incredible honor. The USS Gabrielle Giffords is strong and tough just like her crew. I thought of you in my darkest days, the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines of the United States of America. We ask so much of Despite danger you say yes! You make me proud. You make America proud. I will never forget this day or the crew of the USS Gabrielle Giffords. Fair winds and following sea. Thank you very much.

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