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| US Embassy asks Bush Twins to Leave Argentina |
| 2006-11-27 |
| November 27, 2006 1:18 PM Joe Goldman and Rhonda Schwartz Report: Amid a growing barrage of front-page headlines, U.S. embassy officials "strongly suggested" President Bush's twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara Bush, cut short their trip to Buenos Aires because of security issues, U.S. diplomatic and security sources tell ABC News. But the girls have stayed on, celebrating their 25th birthday over the weekend and producing even more headlines about their activities. Officials say the media coverage upstaged publicity plans for the new U.S. Ambassador Anthony Wayne, who had only recently arrived in the country. That explains it. The local Foggy Bottom-feeder is jealous. Neither the White House nor the U.S. embassy in Buenos Aires responded to requests for comment. The Argentinean press blitz followed a report on "The Blotter" last week that Barbara Bush's purse and cell phone were stolen last weekend while dining at the popular San Telmo outdoor marketplace despite being guarded by the Secret Service. The agents were watching the young ladies, not their gear. Stories of the twins' visit took on wild proportions in the Argentinean press. One tabloid headline had the young women running nude in the hallway of their hotel, a report the hotel staff denied to ABC News. What hotel was that again? According to sources, the U.S. embassy encouraged the two girls to cut their stay short because the added attention was making their security very difficult. State does not provide security for the twins, Treasury does. But to the dismay and anger of some U.S. embassy and security staff, the girls stayed on. Thursday night, an ABC News producer was able to walk into their hotel unchecked and engage Barbara Bush in conversation while she checked her e-mail on a computer in the lobby. Jenna sat talking with friends on a sofa nearby. No Secret Service agents were anywhere to be seen in the lobby, according to ABC News' Joe Goldman. But try touching one of them, Joe, and you'd draw back a stump. And yesterday the Bush twins were spotted at the Sunday soccer matches, wearing team jerseys and sitting in the owner's box, watching Argentina's top team Boca Juniors compete. Several games have been canceled due to violence in the crowds this year. In fact, last weekend no spectators were allowed to attend the match other than season ticket holders. Misdirection by invited inference. Sources tell ABC News the twins plan to stick to their original itinerary and stay in Buenos Aires until Thursday. |
| Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy |
| #5 Funny, I don't remember any reporting on what Chelsea Clinton got up to. God, I hate the press. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-11-27 19:30 |
| #4 I wonder how many of the Argetine secret police were there to help guard the girls. Bet they are more worried about it that the State geeks were. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-11-27 19:20 |
| #3 UN FRIGGIN BELIEVABLE! Rice should find out which LLL Wingnutjob in BA let out this memo and PNG their ass TODAY. FYI the Embassy works FOR the President and is SUPPOSED to present the BEST and BRIGHTEST picture of our little experiment in democracy in America. They are not there to second guess or left-handedly order the children of a sitting President to leave a country because said country has a HUGE crime problem. Also, they ought to just fire every one of the Embassy staffers around the world and just start over because they have definitely lost their way. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-11-27 16:25 |
| #2 Lol. They're having a good time, seem to be allowed to act (more or less) like normal kids their age, and (presumably) safe. Too bad we haven't heard more of their antics, lol. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-11-27 16:10 |
| #1 Another reason I still like George: even his daughters piss off the self-righteous careerist State Dept squids. |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H. 2006-11-27 15:48 |