GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Giffords transfers to rehab center

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: UPI

26January2011 3:03pmEST 

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: 

HOUSTON (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz, was transferred Wednesday from a Houston hospital to a rehabilitation facility, hospital officials said.

Giffords, who sustained a critical gunshot wound to the head Jan. 8, was transferred to TIRR Memorial Hermann, where she is expected to begin a full-fledged rehab regimen, the Houston Chronicle reported. (read full report)