Posted on 09/27/2007 7:06:40 PM PDT by Libloather
Jenna Bush Ducks Iraq, Talks Engagement
In Book-Promoting Interview, First Daughter Avoids Iraq Questions, Discusses Her Romantic Engagement Story
The recently engaged Jenna Bush, daughter of President Bush and first lady Laura Bush, walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, as she arrives with her parents from New York where the president attended the the annual United Nations General Assembly. In August the White House announced Jenna's engagement to Henry Hager of Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)
(AP) WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2007 Jenna Bush said her "boyfriend" - she doesn't like the word "fiance" - proposed after rousting her at 4 a.m. to go hiking on Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park in Maine.
"It's supposedly where the sun first hits the United States," President Bush's daughter said in a television interview about her recent engagement to her longtime boyfriend, Henry Hager.
"I did not want to go hiking at 4 in the morning," she said. "It was freezing. But we got up, and we hiked in the dark for an hour and a half, and then when we got towards the top, with the sunrise, he asked me."
In an interview that will be broadcast Friday on ABC News' "20/20," Jenna Bush, a 25-year-old elementary school teacher, described Hager as "smart," a "hard worker," "open-minded," "fun" and "very supportive."
Hager, 29, who has been a White House aide and worked on Bush's re-election campaign, will be returning to school this fall to complete his master's degree in business administration at the University of Virginia. He has an undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University.
"He's extremely outdoorsy," she said. "If he could spend every day outside, he would. He's very into the environment, and he was as a child. He hiked a lot. And so, now he's trying to find a job where he can support the environment and, and be outdoors."
Jenna Bush agreed to an interview with Diane Sawyer to promote her new book, "Ana's Story." The nonfiction book is based on the life of a 17-year-old Latin American mother infected with HIV. She met the mother while working for UNICEF, teaching in four countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
"My job for UNICEF was to document the lives of kids living in exclusion, which means, you know, in extreme poverty, living with HIV AIDS, living in abusive households, kids that don't have access to school or medical care," she said.
On other issues, Jenna Bush ducked a question about whether she agreed with her father about the war in Iraq, but she said she understood critics who argue that she and her twin sister, Barbara, should serve in Iraq.
"Obviously I understand that question and see what the point of that question is for sure. I think there are many ways to serve your country. I think ... what's most appropriate for me to do is to teach or to work in UNICEF and represent our country in Latin America."
When asked who was the child in the White House she always thought she'd want to emulate, she replied Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., a Democratic presidential candidate.
"I think Chelsea Clinton is, is very kind and, um, smart and articulate," she said.
"She's always been very friendly to us, but we just wanted to be ourselves, but she was, she's beautiful and poised all the time."
Can't wait for Chelsea to answer questions on illegal Chicom loot given to her mother...
Sheesh!
“Jenna Bush Ducks Iraq, Talks Engagement
In Book-Promoting Interview, First Daughter Avoids Iraq Questions”
WTF? She’s not the one that got us into this, they’re asking the wrong Bush.
Love the moonbat comments on the page.
They are so level headed and calm aren’t they?
This is what the MSM has stooped to? Questioning the president’s daughter on whether or not we should be in Iraq. And it’s a headline?
Though it’s no surprise since the left obviously thinks that we don’t elect just one person to be president but rather that persons entire family; see co-President Hitlery Clinton and wannabe co-president Michelle Obama.
Hmmmm, must've been qualities Chels's real father had...
In case you guys didn't catch that, this is girl speak for "She (Chelsea) acts fake and introverted, serious issues warning, high maintenance material ahead, girl needs to get a life."
A "watch that thing I think it's gonna crack" real pain in the patoot just like her mother. Just my small observation.
I am sooo happy for Jenna!
WHAT!! The MSM asks her about Iraq??????? Can CBS really be that stupid?
I am also very happy for her!
Guess I got the wrong idea about Jenna’s remarks about Chelsea. It’s been a long time since I’ve spoken in “girl speak”! ;o)
I thought she did a great job. They were trying to set traps for her and get her to bash mom and dad, but she didn’t fall for it. How about the abstinence comment? What a cheap shot.
The extraordinarily loathsome Diane Sawyer could barely contain her contempt for Jenna throughout the interview. Conversely, Jenna did a smashing job of keeping lib-shrew at bay. She answered the questions but she did not allow herself to be backed into any of Sawyer’s pitifully obvious attempts to trap her.
At the end of the hour during the recap, when anyone of class would have thanked Jenna for her time, Sawyer said nothing. I suppose she thought continuing to perform with a sneer on her face would make her dem pals proud. The only real thing Sawyer’s closing stunt proved was that she’d been shut out by President Bush’s youngest 25-year-old daughter.
Kudos to you, Jenna! You did a really nice job!
It’s funny how the article includes Jenna’s “um’s” and “uh’s” like she is just some unintelligent dummy, just like they portray GW. They do not have to include this in the article. How many articles would not have this if Chelsea Clinton were interviewed and she said the same thing? I guarantee if she sat there and said, “Um, like, uh....you know?,” it would not be printed in the article.
I came away with a great impression of Jenna Bush. Never really heard her much before but she seems to have a great heart.
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