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Pelosi Wins Converts in Bid for Top US House Job

Nancy Pelosi, working to reclaim the top job in the U.S. House of Representatives, won over another supporter on Wednesday as a fellow Democrat reversed course and said he would back her as House speaker next year. Pelosi, a 78-year-old San Francisco liberal and current House Democratic leader, is fighting hard to regain the job of speaker after the November 6 elections in which Democrats gained a majority in the 435-member chamber. Pelosi previously held the post in 2007-2011, when...

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