Jenna Bush Hager Becoming 'Today' Show Correspondent

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President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna Bush Hager will join the rotation on NBC's "Today" show as a correspondent in September. The show's producers tell the AP that she'll appear about once a month, and will file stories on a variety of topics, including education. Hager has been a teacher in Baltimore and will be a reading coordinator there this year.

"It wasn't something I'd always dreamed to do," the former first daughter said. "But I think one of the most important things in life is to be open-minded and to be open-minded for change."

The show's executive producer said, "I think she knows something about pressure and being under some scrutiny. When she came here for a handful of appearances, she knocked it out of the park."

Here is one of those appearances, with her mom, talking about her wedding to Henry Hager.

Filed Under: Bush Administration, The Capitolist

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