A Glimpse into the World of the Speaker of the House
Gillian Laub for TIME
Meeting Her Idol
In her office, Pelosi keeps a photo of herself as a young girl, meeting John F. Kennedy, then a Senator, at a dinner honoring him in Baltimore. Pelosi's mother Annunciata feigned an illness so that her daughter might be seated in Annunciata's place at the event.
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