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'''Barbara Pierce Bush''' (born [[November 25]] [[1981]] in [[Midland, Texas]]) is the elder of the [[Twin#Fraternal twins|fraternal twin]] daughters and only children of [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] and [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Laura Bush]]. Her sister is [[Jenna Bush]]. They are known as the first [[First Twins]] both because they are the children of the US President and because they are the first twin children of a sitting President. Barbara is named after her paternal grandmother, former First Lady [[Barbara Bush]]. She graduated from [[Yale University]] with a degree in [[Humanities]].
'''Barbara Pierce Bush''' (born [[November 25]] [[1981]] in [[Midland, Texas]]) is the elder of the [[Twin#Fraternal twins|fraternal twin]] daughters and only children of [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] and [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Laura Bush]]. Her sister is [[Jenna Bush]]. They are known as the first [[First Twins]] both because they are the children of the US President and because they are the first twin children of a sitting President. Barbara is named after her paternal grandmother, former First Lady [[Barbara Bush]]. She graduated from [[Yale University]] with a degree in [[Humanities]].

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When her father became [[Governor of Texas]] in [[1994]], Barbara attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School in [[Austin, Texas]]. In 1996, Barbara began attending [[Austin High School (Austin, Texas)|Austin High School]], graduating with the class of [[2000]]. She followed her father's legacy by choosing to attend [[Yale University]], her father's, grandfather [[George H.W. Bush]]'s, and great-grandfather [[Prescott Bush]]'s [[alma mater]].
When she lived in the [[Preston Hollow, Dallas, Texas|Preston Hollow]] section of [[Dallas]], she and her sister attended [[Preston Hollow Elementary School]]; Laura Bush served on Preston Hollow's PTA while the Bush twins attended Preston Hollow [http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2007-01-11/news/feature_4.html].
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When her father became [[Governor of Texas]] in [[1994]], Barbara attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]. In 1996, Barbara began attending [[Austin High School (Austin, Texas)|Austin High School]], graduating with the class of [[2000]]. She followed her father's legacy by choosing to attend [[Yale University]], her father's, grandfather [[George H.W. Bush]]'s, and great-grandfather [[Prescott Bush]]'s [[alma mater]].


Barbara lives in the [[Greenwich Village]] neighborhood of [[New York City]].<ref name="nypost">{{cite web | work = New York Post Online Edition | url = http://www.nypost.com/seven/11092006/gossip/pagesix/secure_location_pagesix_.htm | title = SECURE LOCATION | accessdate = 2007-01-24 | date = November 9, 2006 }}</ref> Barbara has recently been working with [[AIDS]] patients in [[Africa]], in [[Tanzania]], [[South Africa]], and [[Botswana]] among other places, through a program sponsored by the [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]-based [[Baylor College of Medicine]]'s [http://bayloraids.org/ International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative]<ref>{{cite news | work = Washington Post | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50537-2004May23.html | title = Telephoto Finish: The Bush Twins Graduate From College, and Private Life | date = May 24, 2004 | author = Dana Milbank | page = Page C01 | accessdate = 2007-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1121318105164R131 | title = Bush twins not deterred by shutterbugs | date = July 14 2005 | author = Jennifer Loven | work = Independent Online (Pty) Ltd. "IOL" | accessdate = 2007-01-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2005/07/06/bush_daughter_is_said_to_volunteer_in_s_africa/?page=full | title = Bush daughter is said to volunteer in S. Africa | author = John Donnelly | date = July 6, 2005 | work = [[The Boston Globe]] | accessdate = 2007-01-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=23889 | work = Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report | title = Bush's Daughter to Intern for Baylor College of Medicine's International Pediatric AIDS Initiative Clinics in Africa | date = May 25, 2004 | accessdate = 2007-01-25 }}</ref>
Barbara lives in the [[Greenwich Village]] neighborhood of [[New York City]].<ref name="nypost">{{cite web | work = New York Post Online Edition | url = http://www.nypost.com/seven/11092006/gossip/pagesix/secure_location_pagesix_.htm | title = SECURE LOCATION | accessdate = 2007-01-24 | date = November 9, 2006 }}</ref> Barbara has recently been working with [[AIDS]] patients in [[Africa]], in [[Tanzania]], [[South Africa]], and [[Botswana]] among other places, through a program sponsored by the [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]-based [[Baylor College of Medicine]]'s [http://bayloraids.org/ International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative]<ref>{{cite news | work = Washington Post | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50537-2004May23.html | title = Telephoto Finish: The Bush Twins Graduate From College, and Private Life | date = May 24, 2004 | author = Dana Milbank | page = Page C01 | accessdate = 2007-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1121318105164R131 | title = Bush twins not deterred by shutterbugs | date = July 14 2005 | author = Jennifer Loven | work = Independent Online (Pty) Ltd. "IOL" | accessdate = 2007-01-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2005/07/06/bush_daughter_is_said_to_volunteer_in_s_africa/?page=full | title = Bush daughter is said to volunteer in S. Africa | author = John Donnelly | date = July 6, 2005 | work = [[The Boston Globe]] | accessdate = 2007-01-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=23889 | work = Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report | title = Bush's Daughter to Intern for Baylor College of Medicine's International Pediatric AIDS Initiative Clinics in Africa | date = May 25, 2004 | accessdate = 2007-01-25 }}</ref>


==Public role==
==Public role==
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[[Image:20060209-2 p020906sc-0221-1-515h.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Barbara Bush (left) at the Vatican with [[Pope Benedict XVI]]]] On [[May 29]] [[2001]] Barbara was charged with a [[misdemeanor]] of being a minor in possession of alcohol in [[Austin, Texas]]. She pleaded [[nolo contendere|no contest]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/jenna5.html | work = The Smoking Gun | title = Misdemeanor Notice 8-0006903 }}</ref> Barbara's graduation from Yale in May 2004 was given heavy media coverage. Barbara made more media appearances during the summer of 2004 prior to the [[2004 US Presidential election]] when she and Jenna made several public appearances, including giving a speech to the [[2004 Republican National Convention|Republican Convention]] on [[August 31]] <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51005-2004Aug31.html | work = The Washington Post | title = Remarks by Barbara and Jenna Bush to the 2004 Republican National Convention | date = August 31, 2004 | accessdate = 2007-01-24 }}</ref> Barbara and Jenna took turns traveling to [[swing state]]s with their father and also gave a seven-page interview and photo shoot in ''Vogue'' magazine.<ref name="vogue">{{cite journal | url = http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/071404/page2.html | title = Jenna and Barbara Bush: Sister Act | author = Julia Reed | journal = [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] | date = August 2004}}</ref> The media also extensively covered the campaigning of [[John Kerry]]'s daughters [[Vanessa Kerry|Vanessa]] and [[Alexandra Kerry|Alexandra]], making the "battle of the daughters" a human interest element of the campaign. Barbara joined her mother on diplomatic trips to [[Liberia]] in January 2006 to attend the inauguration of President [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]] and to [[Vatican City]] to meet with [[Pope Benedict XVI]] in February 2006.
[[Image:20060209-2 p020906sc-0221-1-515h.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Barbara Bush (left) at the Vatican with [[Pope Benedict XVI]]]]
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Barbara's graduation from Yale in May 2004 was given heavy media coverage. Barbara made more media appearances during the summer of 2004 prior to the [[2004 US Presidential election]] when she and Jenna made several public appearances, including giving a speech to the [[2004 Republican National Convention|Republican Convention]] on [[August 31]] <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51005-2004Aug31.html | work = The Washington Post | title = Remarks by Barbara and Jenna Bush to the 2004 Republican National Convention | date = August 31, 2004 | accessdate = 2007-01-24 }}</ref> Barbara and Jenna took turns traveling to [[swing state]]s with their father and also gave a seven-page interview and photo shoot in ''Vogue'' magazine.<ref name="vogue">{{cite journal | url = http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/071404/page2.html | title = Jenna and Barbara Bush: Sister Act | author = Julia Reed | journal = [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] | date = August 2004}}</ref> The media also extensively covered the campaigning of [[John Kerry]]'s daughters [[Vanessa Kerry|Vanessa]] and [[Alexandra Kerry|Alexandra]], making the "battle of the daughters" a human interest element of the campaign. Barbara joined her mother on diplomatic trips to [[Liberia]] in January 2006 to attend the inauguration of President [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]] and to [[Vatican City]] to meet with [[Pope Benedict XVI]] in February 2006.
[[Image:Bush daughers.gif|thumb|200px|Jenna and Barbara Bush with their parents George W. Bush and Laura Bush]]
[[Image:Bush daughers.gif|thumb|200px|Jenna and Barbara Bush with their parents George W. Bush and Laura Bush]]

While Barbara Bush was on a two-week trip to [[Argentina]] in November 2006, two incidents occurred. A [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent got into an "altercation" with someone during a night out, during his down time. The Secret Service said that it was an attempted [[mugging]], but the agent is now fine. Barbara Bush's purse and cell phone were stolen during a dinner in [[Buenos Aires]]. It occurred during her first night, in the [[San Telmo]] neighborhood. Reports indicate that a detail of Secret Service agents guarding her apparently failed to notice the incident. The Secret Service wouldn't comment immediately on the theft. <ref>{{cite web | url = http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/first_daughter_.html | work = ABC News | title = First Daughter Barbara Robbed in Argentina | date = November 21, 2006 | accessdate = 2007-01-24 }}</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==

Revision as of 23:56, 30 January 2007

Barbara Pierce Bush
Born (1981-11-25) November 25, 1981 (age 42)
Midland, Texas, US
RelativesGeorge W. Bush and Laura Bush

Barbara Pierce Bush (born November 25 1981 in Midland, Texas) is the elder of the fraternal twin daughters and only children of U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. Her sister is Jenna Bush. They are known as the first First Twins both because they are the children of the US President and because they are the first twin children of a sitting President. Barbara is named after her paternal grandmother, former First Lady Barbara Bush. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in Humanities.

When her father became Governor of Texas in 1994, Barbara attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. In 1996, Barbara began attending Austin High School, graduating with the class of 2000. She followed her father's legacy by choosing to attend Yale University, her father's, grandfather George H.W. Bush's, and great-grandfather Prescott Bush's alma mater.

Barbara lives in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.[1] Barbara has recently been working with AIDS patients in Africa, in Tanzania, South Africa, and Botswana among other places, through a program sponsored by the Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine's International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative[2][3][4][5]

Public role

File:20060209-2 p020906sc-0221-1-515h.jpg
Barbara Bush (left) at the Vatican with Pope Benedict XVI

On May 29 2001 Barbara was charged with a misdemeanor of being a minor in possession of alcohol in Austin, Texas. She pleaded no contest.[6] Barbara's graduation from Yale in May 2004 was given heavy media coverage. Barbara made more media appearances during the summer of 2004 prior to the 2004 US Presidential election when she and Jenna made several public appearances, including giving a speech to the Republican Convention on August 31 [7] Barbara and Jenna took turns traveling to swing states with their father and also gave a seven-page interview and photo shoot in Vogue magazine.[8] The media also extensively covered the campaigning of John Kerry's daughters Vanessa and Alexandra, making the "battle of the daughters" a human interest element of the campaign. Barbara joined her mother on diplomatic trips to Liberia in January 2006 to attend the inauguration of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and to Vatican City to meet with Pope Benedict XVI in February 2006.

File:Bush daughers.gif
Jenna and Barbara Bush with their parents George W. Bush and Laura Bush

While Barbara Bush was on a two-week trip to Argentina in November 2006, two incidents occurred. A Secret Service agent got into an "altercation" with someone during a night out, during his down time. The Secret Service said that it was an attempted mugging, but the agent is now fine. Barbara Bush's purse and cell phone were stolen during a dinner in Buenos Aires. It occurred during her first night, in the San Telmo neighborhood. Reports indicate that a detail of Secret Service agents guarding her apparently failed to notice the incident. The Secret Service wouldn't comment immediately on the theft. [9]

Trivia

  • Barbara Bush is a fan of alternative rock music. She and her sister were interviewed by Vogue magazine in 2004, highly praising the band Modest Mouse.
  • In 2006 Barbara Bush attended a concert in New York City by the band Radiohead. [10]

References

  1. ^ "SECURE LOCATION". New York Post Online Edition. November 9, 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
  2. ^ Dana Milbank (May 24, 2004). "Telephoto Finish: The Bush Twins Graduate From College, and Private Life". Washington Post. p. Page C01. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
  3. ^ Jennifer Loven (July 14 2005). "Bush twins not deterred by shutterbugs". Independent Online (Pty) Ltd. "IOL". Retrieved 2007-01-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ John Donnelly (July 6, 2005). "Bush daughter is said to volunteer in S. Africa". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
  5. ^ "Bush's Daughter to Intern for Baylor College of Medicine's International Pediatric AIDS Initiative Clinics in Africa". Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report. May 25, 2004. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
  6. ^ "Misdemeanor Notice 8-0006903". The Smoking Gun.
  7. ^ "Remarks by Barbara and Jenna Bush to the 2004 Republican National Convention". The Washington Post. August 31, 2004. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
  8. ^ Julia Reed (August 2004). "Jenna and Barbara Bush: Sister Act". Vogue.
  9. ^ "First Daughter Barbara Robbed in Argentina". ABC News. November 21, 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
  10. ^ Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke (June 17, 2007). "on the shitlist". Radiohead weblog.

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