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Bush to Give Jenna Away in Twilight Wedding

Posted May 9, 08 9:55 AM CDT in Gossip,  US 

(Newser) – President Bush boarded Air Force One yesterday to attend to some family business: giving away his daughter Jenna at her wedding at twilight tomorrow, near a lake on the family's Crawford, Texas, ranch. The First Daughter, who opted against a "stuffy" wedding at the White House, will be wearing Oscar de la Renta as she ties the knot with longtime boyfriend Henry Hager.

The wedding, which will include a barbecue lunch, is closed to the press—including a no-fly zone to deter pesky paparazzi—but that hasn't stopped a media convergence on Crawford, where shops are stocked with wedding souvenirs, including mugs with Jenna and Henry's engagement photo. Shops catering to tourists have fallen on hard times as the president's approval rates have plummeted, the Houston Chronicle reports. 

Sources Houston Chronicle, Associated Press

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Souvenirs of the upcoming Jenna Bush and Henry Hager wedding are on display in the Yellow Rose Gift Shop in Crawford, Texas, Thursday, May 8, 2008, where the wedding will take place.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Jenna Bush will be married to Harry Hager Saturday May 10, 2008 before about 200 guests at the family's 1,600 acre, secluded ranch.   (AP Photo/The White House, Kimberlee Hewitt, FILE)
A computer mouse pad is one of the commemorative items for sale in Crawford, Texas at the Red Bull souvenir shop, to mark the marriage of Jenna Bush and Henry Hager.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari., File)
President Bush waves as he walks to his helicopter Marine One, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Bush is heading to his ranch in Crawford, Texas to spend the weekend and hold his daughter Jenna's wedding.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
In this May 1, 2008, file photo President Bush's daughter Jenna Bush reads from the children's book she co-authored with her mother First Lady Laura Bush, to elementary school children in Houston.   (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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