Warship USS Gabrielle Giffords commissioned in Texas

HOUSTON (AP) — 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.
During Saturday’s ceremony in the Gulf Coast city of Galveston, Giffords told a crowd she was honored the ship will carry her name and the vessel is “strong and tough, just like her crew.”
Various speakers, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, s