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Pelosi Names 1st Female Chaplain To Serve Congress

Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed retired Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben as chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Presbyterian minister was former chief chaplain of the U.S. Navy.
Retired Navy Rear Adm. Margaret Kibben has been appointed chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives. Kibben is the first female chaplain in either house of Congress.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi marked another milestone for women in Congress Thursday by appointing retired as chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. Kibben is the first female congressional chaplain since Congress'

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