Cassondra Strande, Cronkite News Service

Congress takes up measure to honor slain Giffords aide Gabe Zimmerman

House members spent about an hour Wednesday honoring Gabe Zimmerman, the aide to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who was slain in the Jan. 8 shooting spree in Tucson. He was the first congressional staffer killed in the line of duty in the 222-year history of the Congress.

Three with Arizona ties remembered in Pentagon 9/11 memorial

Each of the 184 cantilevered stone-and-steel benches, arcing above a pool of running water benches at the national 9/11 memorial is inscribed with the name of a victim of the Pentagon attack, including three with Arizona ties: Allen P. Boyle, David M. Scales and David W. Laychak.

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