Representative Nancy Pelosi, the veteran California Democrat and former Speaker of the House, has announced that she is retiring from Congress and will not seek re-election next year. "Thank you, San Francisco, for trusting me to be your voice in Congress. May God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America," Pelosi, 85, said in a six-minute video paying tribute to her home city and her decades in politics. Nancy Pelosi was first elected to the U.S. House in the 1986 election. She