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When Laura Bush upped sticks, left behind her
native Texas, and followed her victorious husband - whom she endearingly nicknames Bushie – to the White House two years ago, many, including perhaps herself, thought she was a First Lady in
marked contrast to the political whirlwind that was her predecessor Hillary Clinton. Laura
would, it was thought, hover comfortingly in the background, looking after their new Pennsylvania Avenue home, plying her guests with hearty homemade Tex-Mex fare and dealing with issues close to her heart like literacy and health
education. Of course September 11 changed all that, and the woman who had claimed for much
of her life that she "was so uninterested in politics", has since found herself focusing her energy on helping a scarred nation come
to terms with its loss, speaking out
on the plight of Afghan women, and getting used to being at the centre of America's gravest crisis
for decades.
For the full interview with America's First Lady see this week's issue of HELLO!
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