CRAWFORD, Tex. President Bush’s daughter Jenna Welch Bush on Saturday married Henry Chase Hager, a graduate student and son of a former Virginia lieutenant governor, before 200 relatives and close family friends here, the White House confirmed.
A skilled political strategist, Ken Mehlman formerly chaired the Republican National Committee and also managed the Bush re-election campaign. The Baltimore native and Harvard Law grad came to DC to practice environmental law, but quickly learned the ropes on Capitol Hill. In '00, he helped then-Gov. Bush earn his first crucial victory in the Iowa caucuses. Now with the Washington law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Mehlman serves on the MLK National Memorial Foundation executive leadership cabinet.