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At a time when some doubt the benefits of cooperation between the United States and China, this visit is also a chance to demonstrate a simple truth.  We have an enormous stake in each other’s success.  In an interconnected world, in a global economy, nations -- including our own -- will be more prosperous and more secure when we work together.

There's a portion of the tape where you can see very clearly that Jared, the suspect, comes out of one of the doors. He walks around a table, a collapsible-- perhaps a six-foot table. And when he does so with very significant purpose, he walks up to the congresswoman, points a gun at her face, and shoots.The suspect then turns to his left and actually kind of walks out of the perspective or the video itself. And we know, from talking to witnesses, and others in and around that chaotic scene, that he fired indiscriminately from that point forward at people that were seated in chairs

I have decided it is time to turn the page to a new chapter, and so I will not be a candidate for re-election to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate in 2012. This was not an easy decision for me to make because I have loved serving in the Senate and I feel good about what I have accomplished. But I know it is the right decision and, I must say, I am excited about beginning a new chapter of life with new opportunities.