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Jenna Bush Gets Married at Dad's Ranch

Posted May 10, 08 8:29 PM CDT in Politics,  US 

(Newser) – First daughter Jenna Bush wed longtime boyfriend Henry Hager today at the presidential ranch in Crawford, Texas, the Fort-Worth Telegram reports. About 200 guests attended, but the press was not on the invitation list. In Crawford, one San Antonio woman reveled in the moment despite her distance from the 1,600-acre ranch. "Even though you can't see it, you can breathe the same air they are breathing," she said.

Jenna's sister Barbara was maid of honor, and 14 girlfriends dressed in seven Texas wildflower colors made up the wedding's "house party." The low-key event marks an unusually cheerful moment in a presidency marred by economic woes, terrorism, and war, the Telegram notes.

Source Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Souvenirs celebrating the marriage of Jenna Bush and Henry Hager are for sale at a gift shop, Saturday, May 10, 2008, in Crawford, Texas.   (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
A band member with Tyrone Smith Revue takes a photo as their bus passes through downtown Crawford, Texas, on the way to the wedding of Jenna Bush and Henry Hager, Saturday, May 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
A wedding cake delivery vehicle arrives at the security checkpoint for President Bush's ranch prior in Crawford, Texas Saturday, May 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
In this file photo from April 14, 2008, Jenna Bush, visits with first grade students at Martin Luther King Elementary School in Washington, Monday, April 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
A bus carrying guest drives through downtown Crawford, Texas, on the way to the wedding of Jenna Bush and Henry Hager, Saturday, May 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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