Jenna Bush is engaged to wed

8/16/2007
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    Jenna Bush watches the ACC men's championship basketball game between Georgia Tech and Duke on March 13, 2005, in Washington with long-time boyfriend, Henry Hager, now her fiance.

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    • President Bush waves with his daughter, Jenna, as they walk to Air Force One in Waco, Texas, in this 2007 file photo.
    President Bush waves with his daughter, Jenna, as they walk to Air Force One in Waco, Texas, in this 2007 file photo.

    CRAWFORD, Texas Jenna Bush, one of President Bush s twin daughters, is engaged to be married to her long-time boyfriend, Henry Hager, the White House announced today.

    No wedding date has been set for Jenna s wedding to Hager, said Sally McDonough, press secretary for first lady Laura Bush. The two were engaged on Wednesday.

    Hager, who is attending the University of Virginia School of Business, has been a White House aide and worked on Bush s re-election campaign. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hager of Richmond, Va. The groom-to-be s father is a former lieutenant governor in Virginia and former director of Virginia s Office of Commonwealth Preparedness.

    Jenna Bush watches the ACC men's championship basketball game between Georgia Tech and Duke on March 13, 2005, in Washington with long-time boyfriend, Henry Hager, now her fiance.
    Jenna Bush watches the ACC men's championship basketball game between Georgia Tech and Duke on March 13, 2005, in Washington with long-time boyfriend, Henry Hager, now her fiance.

    The younger Hager has been dating Jenna, 25, for several years, and is often seen with her at family Bush functions and formal events, such as a White House dinner in November 2005 in honor of Britain s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

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