Talk about changing the subject. CBS news has just Reported that first daughter Jenna Bush has just announced her engagement. Sorry for the short nature of this. I will update with more information as it arrives. Good God! Will there be a White House wedding ala Richard Nixon.
Here is the AP blurb just in:
The Associated Press
1:17 PM CDT, August 16, 2007
CRAWFORD, Texas - One of the president's daughters is getting married.
President Bush and first lady Laura Bush announced Thursday that their daughter, Jenna, is engaged to Henry Hager of Virginia.
No wedding date has been set, said Mrs. Bush's press secretary, Sally McDonough.
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OMG! The Groom is a Karl Rove aid. From style weekly last month about the couple.
Does Jenna Bush have a local beau? Apparently so — the offspring of another Republican figure, former Lt. Gov. John H. Hager, who stepped down as Virginia’s director of the Office of Commonwealth Preparedness in April. Friends of the Hager’s 26-year-old son, Henry, have been talking about their buddy’s romantic interest, but the Hager family is averse to discussing the relationship. “I don’t really want to talk about it,” says Henry’s mother, Maggie Hager, reached at home last week. “That’s a private family matter.” Asked about Jenna Bush’s dating status, a spokeswoman for first lady Laura Bush said, “We cannot comment on the girls’ personal life.”Fortunately for Henry, Jenna’s dad approves of the Hager name. In May, President Bush nominated John Hager to be assistant secretary for special education and rehabilitative services, a position in the Department of Education.
Henry Hager, who has served as a White House aide, worked for Karl Rove’s team to help re-elect Bush.