a lot of scratch for a public servant making less than six digits for three decades. so how did she become so rich? as usual in washington, this was a family affair. her husband paul is a businessman who may enjoy a little pillow talk with his wife, the speaker of the house. paul pelosi sr. has had a history of perfectly timed stock trades while his wife has been running the people s house. in march of last year he pulled off a $2 million microsoft trade just two weeks before the company got a $22 billion contract to sell the army high tech headsets. and in december of 2020, paul and nancy got a million dollars worth of tesla stock options right before biden announced electric car incentives. and in june, the pelosi family cashed in big time just as congress was debating what to do with big tech making a cool 5 million from google s parent
The American soldiers have been testing new ways to help them gain more vision of their surroundings on the battlefield. As part of a collaborative program with Microsoft, the U.S. Army plans to start equipping its troops with HoloLens-based headsets this year in September. The devices will enable soldiers to see what's around them by projecting holographic images and 3D terrain maps just by clicking a button.