House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will announce Thursday that she is appointing Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben as the new House chaplain — the first female chaplain ever for either chamber of Congress.
Pelosi called the appointment "historic" and thanked the bipartisan group of House members who conducted the search. "Kibben brings decades of decorated experience in the military and the ministry, as a retired Rear Admiral who served as the U.S.
Navy’s Chief Chaplain and the chaplain of the Marine Corps," Pelosi said in a statement. "Her integrity, experience and patriotism will serve the Congress and the Country well, as she ministers to the needs of Members." Kibben began her active duty in 1986 through the Navy’s Theological Student Program..
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