USA Today points out that the Miami Republican -- who will become chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in January -- is the only woman to chair a House committee.
Democrats only had a handful of women in chairs as well, including New York Dem Louise Slaughter, who led the influential Rules Committee, NY Dem Nydia Velazquez, chair of the Small Business Committee and California Dem Zoe Lofgren, who heads up the ethics committee.
Ros-Lehtinen made no secret that she wants to become a chairman to be reckoned with, saying her top two priorities are oversight of the Obama adminstration's foreign policy goals and trimming back foreign aid. Foreign policy analysts say the second will be tough: most foreign aid is directed at Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Middle East.
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