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Jenna Bush Hager Joins Today as Contributor

Ex-president's daughter will report on education, not politics

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(AP) – The Today show's newest hire has extensive White House experience—she's Jenna Hager, the daughter of former President Bush and Laura Bush. The new correspondent will contribute stories about once a month on issues like education, not politics, Today executive producer Jim Bell tells the AP, adding that the unsolicited offer wasn't a quid pro quo for an interview with her father. Hager, 27, is a teacher in Baltimore.

"It wasn't something I'd always dreamed to do," she said of the new job, which she'll do out of NBC's Washington bureau while continuing to work as a reading coordinator. "I hope to focus on what I'm passionate about because I think I'd do the best job on them—education, urban education, women and children's issues and literacy."

Jenna Bush exchanges wedding vows with Henry Hager as the Rev. Kirbyjohn Caldwell presides, May 10, 2008.
Jenna Bush exchanges wedding vows with Henry Hager as the Rev. Kirbyjohn Caldwell presides, May 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/The White House/Shealah Craighead, file)
In this July 23, 2009 photo, Jenna Bush Hager poses for a portrait in New York. NBC's
In this July 23, 2009 photo, Jenna Bush Hager poses for a portrait in New York. NBC's "Today" show has hired Hager as a correspondent.   (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
Barbara and Jenna Bush attend a campaign rally for their father in Kirtland, Ohio, in September 2004.
Barbara and Jenna Bush attend a campaign rally for their father in Kirtland, Ohio, in September 2004.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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ryderbackside
Aug 30, 09 11:41 PM CDT
Nepotism makes the world go round. Reply
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prowlerzee
Aug 31, 09 11:17 AM CDT
Indeed....and notice how the stooges brigade below, who love to bash Palin, have nothing to say about this one. Anyone less connected and with *her* "face for radio" would not have landed a tv gig.
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atomick
Aug 31, 09 1:02 AM CDT
As long as the next generation of Bushes stays the hell out of politics, I'm happy. Reply
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Kookey90
Aug 31, 09 2:09 AM CDT
Aside from the family name it'll be interesting to see what she actually has to offer. I wish her luck. Reply
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ArtfullyViscious
Aug 31, 09 9:07 AM CDT
I agree, Kookey. It seems (thus far) that she has taken after the brains in her family: Laura. I'm hoping she'll use her name in a manner which will shed light on a number of topics and perhaps draw a "different crowd.:
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