in VOA Special English.Christina Taylor Greenwas born on September eleventh,two thousand one,the day when terrorists attackedthe United States.A book published the following year,"Faces of Hope," showedfifty babies born that day,one from each state.One was Christina.Last Saturday, the nine-year-old girlwas among six people killedby a gunman at a political eventin Tucson, Arizona.She was the youngest victim,and the first to be buried.On Thursday, a flag recovered fromthe World Trade Center in New Yorkflew outside the churchwhere her funeral took place.Services took place Fridayat the same church for another victim,Arizona's chief federal judge,John Roll.A neighbor had invited Christinato meet her congresswomanat a "Congress on Your Corner" eventnear a store.The third-grader had recently beenelected to the student council at school.But she also had other interestsbesides politics.She was the only girlon her Little League baseball team,and wanted to become the first womanin the major leagues.The gunman wounded RepresentativeGabrielle Giffordsand thirteen other people, includingthe neighbor who brought Christina.On Wednesday, President Obama spokeat a memorial service heldat the University of Arizona.He talked about each victim,including Christina Green.BARACK OBAMA: "I want to live upto her expectations. I want our democracy to be as goodas Christina imagined it.I want America to be as goodas she imagined it. All of us -– we should do everythingwe can to make surethis country lives upto our children's expectations. "Doctors say Representative Giffordscontinues to make progress,although they cannot predictthe extent of her recovery.She was shot through the brain.Police believe she was the main targetof the attack -- the first shootingof a member of Congressin more than thirty years.Officials continue to investigatethe twenty-two-year-old suspect.Jared Loughner withdrewfrom a local community collegeafter being suspended last Septemberbecause of fears about his behavior.Arizona has some of the nation'sleast restrictive gun laws.Arizonans have a long tradition with guns-- even Congresswoman Giffordstalked about owning one.Mr. Loughner did not have a recordof crimes or mental problemsthat would have prevented himfrom buying a gun.Two men seized him as he stopped to reload,and a woman pulled away his ammunition.Some lawmakers are proposingto renew a former ban on high-capacityammunition magazines,like what the gunman had.These can hold more than thirty rounds.But the National Rifle Associationhas worked hard to fightrestrictions on weapons.Many political leaders have joinedthe president in appealing for unity.But the shooting has also led to debateabout whether or not the nation'sheated political talkis enough to incite violence.A majority of Americans believeheated political speech played littleif any part in the Arizona shooting.That was the finding of a USA Today-Galluppublic opinion survey.Also, only about one in five people saidthey believe stronger gun controlswould have prevented the shooting.And that's IN THE NEWSin VOA Special English.