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Dear America, It's Chelsea Clinton. Remember me? We got to know each other way back in the summer of 1991, when I was 11. Yep, that's right. I was the one with the ill-fitting velvet dress and the princess sleeves. Yeah, the one with all the bows. We've been through a lot, you and I, haven't we? So many seminal moments. You saw me go through my headband phase, I saw you go through NAFTA. I did complicated dances in ballet class, you did complicated dances in the Middle East. They let me into Stanford, you didn't let gays into...

You can soon add the title of author to first daughter Jenna Bush's résumé. Whispers learns that the 25-year-old blond twin of Barbara Bush is shopping a book proposal to major publishers in New York City. We're told that the project is vague and that she's initially only gauging publishers' interest. The White House wouldn't comment, but others say it will be a young-adult book based on the former grade school teacher's experiences with charity causes in Latin America. It ought to sell: She's represented by super lawyer-agent Robert Barnett, who squired her around publishing offices in the Big Apple...

By Jean Scheidnes AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Thursday, January 20, 2005 The first daughters, Jenna and Barbara Bush, are staying true to their Texas roots with their choice of inaugural jewels by Austin's Anthony Nak. This is the second time the design duo has been accorded this honor by the Bushes. Designers Anthony Camargo and Nak Armstrong flew to Washington on Friday to custom-fit the twins with jewelry to wear to the Texas State Society of Washington, D.C.'s Black Tie & Boots ball and today's inaugural balls that follow the swearing-in, among other festivities. The twins selected 32 items to keep them...