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Barbara Pierce Bush
Born (1981-11-25) November 25, 1981 (age 43)
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. 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

Public role

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Barbara Bush (left) at the Vatican with Pope Benedict XVI

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 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. 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.

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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.

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.

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. "Remarks by Barbara and Jenna Bush to the 2004 Republican National Convention". The Washington Post. August 31, 2004. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
  7. Julia Reed (August 2004). "Jenna and Barbara Bush: Sister Act". Vogue.
  8. "First Daughter Barbara Robbed in Argentina". ABC News. November 21, 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
  9. Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke (June 17, 2007). "on the shitlist". Radiohead weblog.

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