WASHINGTON – Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi underwent hip surgery at a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Saturday after she fell at an event in Luxembourg with other members of Congress.
Pelosi, 84, “is on the mend,” Ian Krager, a spokesman for the California Democrats, said in an announcement.
Pelosi thanked the staff at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and the hospital in Luxembourg, where she was treated, for “their excellent care and kindness.”
She was in Europe with a bipartisan congressional delegation to mark the eightieth anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
Pelosi tripped and fell during an event and broke her hip, in keeping with people aware of her injury who weren’t authorized to debate the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Among those on the trip was Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, who posted on social media Friday that he was “praying for a speedy recovery” for Pelosi. The two lawmakers were captured holding hands in a bunch photo on the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg that day.
Pelosi was first elected in 1987. She served as speaker twice, resigning from the leadership post two years ago, but remained in Congress and was re-elected to represent her San Francisco district in November.
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