Reporting from Washington — There was no shuttle launch to see, but President Obama's trip to Cape Canaveral on Friday did include a meeting with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), his first since he saw her in a Tucson hospital just after a January shooting that nearly took her life.
A White House official said the meeting lasted about 10 minutes and took place before he met with the crew of Endeavour, which was to have launched Friday but was stopped because of technical problems.
The shuttle crew includes commander Mark Kelly, Giffords' husband. He updated the president on her condition before the two went to see her.
"I bet you were hoping to see a rocket launch today," Kelly said to the president, according to the White House official.
