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Speaking of big events, preparations are in high gear for the May 10 wedding at the Bush family ranch in Crawford, Tex., of Jenna Bush and Henry Hager.
But the Bush family and the White House have been tightlipped about the details, including whether a visit to the ranch this weekend by the president and first lady had any connection to nuptials planning.
Stanzel, during a Friday briefing in Crawford, said that "they may be making preparations for that," but wouldn't go into details.
"I know the president today was planning on clearing some brush and doing some things that he often does when he's here, and maybe the brush- clearing has something to do with those plans," Stanzel said, drawing laughter from the small corps of reporters.
As it happened, a good portion of the Bush family was in town, including former president George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, and former Florida governor Jeb Bush and his wife, Columba. All attended a $3.5 million GOP fundraiser Friday evening at the neighboring Broken Spoke Ranch.
But Sally McDonough, Laura Bush's press secretary, noted that Jenna was not in Crawford over the weekend, and that "her uncle and aunt are not intimately involved in the wedding planning."
Whoever's planning things, it doesn't appear to be President Bush. "I have nothing to say about it," Bush joked during a February television interview, adding: "They're letting me spend money."
'Fired Up' at the West Wing
Like most press secretaries, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino spends much of her time trying to comment coolly and calmly on the news of the day.
But Perino appeared to be angry last Wednesday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she would move to block a vote on the Colombia free trade agreement, which Bush submitted to Congress earlier in the week.
Perino said it was an "awful precedent," that the administration had worked "tirelessly" to meet Democratic demands, and that "any sense of good faith in our process of negotiating trade has evaporated." She accused Pelosi of avoiding a vote for fear of losing, and alleged that Democrats are bowing to unions and other "special interests" in opposing the deal.
"You sound a little angry," a reporter said. "Is the White House angry?"
"I think we're pretty fired up about it," Perino said.
