Politics | Gabrielle Giffords Obamas Meet Privately With Gabrielle Giffords President and first lady spend about 10 minutes with her By John Johnson Posted Apr 29, 2011 4:47 PM CDT Copied President Obama meets Friday with Endeavor commander Mark Kelly, husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) President Obama and the first lady didn't get to see a shuttle launch today, but they did get to meet the day's star spectator. The Obamas met privately for about 10 minutes with Gabrielle Giffords, reports CBS News. The White House didn't provide any details. It's not clear whether Giffords will remain in Florida while NASA tries again on Endeavour, which won't be until Monday at the earliest. Before entering Giffords' room, the Obamas met with her husband and Endeavour commander Mark Kelly. "I bet you were hoping to see a rocket launch today," Kelly said to the president, who responded, "We were hoping to see you." Read These Next We knew Letterman would pipe up about Colbert eventually. The sheriff says he's never seen a worse case of child sex abuse. Journal pulls a controversial paper on arsenic after 15 years. Google exposes man's butt, is ordered to pay him $12.5K. Report an error