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WASHINGTON (AP) ― Jenna Bush said her "boyfriend" ― she doesn't like the word "fiance" ― proposed after rousting her at 4 a.m. to go hiking on Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park in Maine.

"It's supposedly where the sun first hits the United States," President Bush's daughter said in a television interview about her recent engagement to her longtime boyfriend, Henry Hager.

"I did not want to go hiking at 4 in the morning," she said. "It was freezing. But we got up, and we hiked in the dark for an hour and a half, and then when we got towards the top, with the sunrise, he asked me."

In an interview that will be broadcast Friday on ABC News' "20/20," Jenna Bush, a 25-year-old elementary school teacher, described Hager as "smart," a "hard worker," "open-minded," "fun" and "very supportive."

Hager, 29, who has been a White House aide and worked on Bush's re-election campaign, will be returning to school this fall to complete his master's degree in business administration at the University of Virginia. He has an undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University.

"He's extremely outdoorsy," she said. "If he could spend every day outside, he would. He's very into the environment, and he was as a child. He hiked a lot. And so, now he's trying to find a job where he can support the environment and, and be outdoors."

Jenna Bush agreed to an interview with Diane Sawyer to promote her new book, "Ana's Story." The nonfiction book is based on the life of a 17-year-old Latin American mother infected with HIV. She met the mother while working for UNICEF, teaching in four countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

"My job for UNICEF was to document the lives of kids living in exclusion, which means, you know, in extreme poverty, living with HIV AIDS, living in abusive households, kids that don't have access to school or medical care," she said.

On other issues, Jenna Bush ducked a question about whether she agreed with her father about the war in Iraq, but she said she understood critics who argue that she and her twin sister, Barbara, should serve in Iraq.

"Obviously I understand that question and see what the point of that question is for sure. I think there are many ways to serve your country. I think ... what's most appropriate for me to do is to teach or to work in UNICEF and represent our country in Latin America."

When asked who was the child in the White House she always thought she'd want to emulate, she replied Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., a Democratic presidential candidate.

"I think Chelsea Clinton is, is very kind and, um, smart and articulate," she said.

"She's always been very friendly to us, but we just wanted to be ourselves, but she was, she's beautiful and poised all the time."
NEW YORK ― The owner of a New York City restaurant is "heartbroken" over a letter he received from former President Bill Clinton's lawyer asking that a photograph of daughter Chelsea be removed from his eatery ― or face legal action.

The photo, taken of the former first daughter with Osso Buco owner Nino Selimaj, has been on display in the window of the Greenwich Village haunt for about five years, the restaurateur said. It was snapped when Chelsea, now 27, was having dinner there with a group of about 30 friends.

But Selimaj said he was shocked when he received a letter from Clinton's lawyer Douglas J. Band on Sept. 18 threatening legal action if the photograph of "private citizen" Chelsea was not taken down. The photograph is still on display near the front entrance of the restaurant ― only now, the letter is posted alongside it.

"We ask that you immediately remove that picture and any and all pictures displaying Ms. Clinton," the letter warns. "We reserve the right to exercise any and all options available to us if you refuse to comply."

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"I was disappointed because she meant a lot to me. I was heartbroken," he told FOXNews.com. "I don't think I'm taking it down until I'm forced. I hope I'm solving the problem with him with a letter."

Selimaj has several pictures of celebrities on the walls inside his restaurant and a few, along with Chelsea's, displayed on the eatery's front window.

Clinton's lawyer told Selimaj that the use of the photo wasn't allowed because Chelsea Clinton hadn't given the OK.

"Ms. Clinton, a private citizen, was not consulted prior to this picture being displayed, and thus, her permission was not given for you to do so," the letter read. "While she may have dined at your restaurant, this does not serve as an endorsement."

Selimaj admitted that the photo in the window does draw customers.

"The picture helps for business," he told a small news conference outside the restaurant Wednesday. But he claimed he hadn't contacted reporters about the dispute to lure diners in.

It wasn't clear why the Clintons object to the photo ― or whether it could be a simple matter of vanity. Selimaj said he didn't know if Chelsea wants it taken down because she isn't happy with the way she looks in the picture.

"If she doesn't like it, I would love to take a new photo," he said.

Bill Clinton's New York City office was not immediately available for comment Wednesday.

A lawyer who walked by the restaurant Wednesday said the Clintons might have a case, because the use of photographs of private citizens or celebrities for commercial purposes can sometimes be subject to lawsuits.

"She's a public figure, so they could claim he's exploiting her image," said Paul Leavin, 61, of New York. He said the issue of whether or not the ex-president's daughter is a private citizen, as well as whether the photo was being used for commercial gain, were both up for dispute.

Other onlookers had mixed feelings about the verbal scuffle.

"I don't see why Bill Clinton is getting involved," said NYU student Julia Armet, 19. "Maybe she's pregnant."

Though earlier reports suggested the ordeal had soured Selimaj on the idea of supporting Chelsea's mother in her presidential run, he told FOXNews.com he still might consider voting for the New York senator.

"I'm a Republican, but I will think about voting for Hillary Clinton," he said, laughing.

And while he's upset about the way the Clintons are handling this photograph matter, the Albanian native still admires Bill Clinton because he's grateful for what the former president did for Albanian refugees in Kosovo.

Selimaj, the father of four daughters, speaks with fondness of Clinton's little girl. He hopes he'll be able to keep the picture up ― and said the Clintons are always welcome at his restaurant.

Chelsea, he said, has dined at Osso Buco a few times since that night he posed with her, but not in recent years.

"Chelsea is like my own daughter," Selimaj said. "President Clinton is still my favorite president The farmers did their best to lure Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to tables piled with food in the Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building.

``Hillary, eat this!''

``Senator, try these!''

Pink slices of Long Island duck went begging. Heaps of shucked oysters waited to be doused with lemon and Tabasco. The senator nibbled a bit on New York cheddar and fresh vegetables.

The occasion was New York Farm Day last week, a chance for farmers and chefs to show off their wares to the nation's politicians. I sampled maple syrup, beer, ice cream with a hint of New York chardonnay and at least three variations of pumpkin bisque.

The senator didn't wander through the room so much as allow herself to be passed from person to person like a ballerina. She wore a taupe pant suit and tiny taupe suede shoes.

``Being a farmer is tough enough without taking sides in politics,'' said Douglas Wolcott, as he passed me a small spoon of whipped cream of maple syrup from his tree farm in Dale, New York. ``She's been good to us, and that's all that really matters. Just look at her go!'' He, his wife Charlotte and I turned to watch the senator go.

Kerry Flees

Other politicians popped in: Senator Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat, Senator Mike Crapo, the Idaho Republican, and Senator John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat, who appeared briefly outside the giant main door and fled. He missed some fine Long Island oysters.

I had been allotted a minute to talk to Clinton about food and health.

At the apple table I picked up a pale yellow Golden Delicious from Red Jacket Orchard in Geneva, New York, and pondered my situation. As I bit into it and the juice dribbled down my front, the senator twirled around, also with an apple in her mouth.

``How do you stay so slim?'' I asked.

``Slim? Your eyes must be deceiving you. I certainly don't think of myself as slim! I give in to plenty of temptations, as you can see!''

How did she plan to get Americans to eat good things grown organically, instead of heading, like her husband -- to the local McDonald's?

``An apple a day keeps the doctor away,'' she said and signaled to an aide, ``Somebody write that down.''

Eat Right

``We have to have affordable access to fresh fruits and vegetables,'' the senator continued. ``Lots of places in America don't have it. People buy in bulk because it's cheaper. But what you buy in bulk isn't always the best product for your family. We have to work out a way to create incentives to buy healthy products.''

That brought us to her health-care plan.

``It's in the plan. What we're doing is trying to get more fresh fruit and vegetables into schools. Into farmers markets. Into local situations. We have to emphasize prevention and reward people to exercise, to stop smoking, to eat right.''

Husband Bill, she said, as a matter of policy and in his personal life, was working on the obesity epidemic in America.

``It's a long-term shift in this country. And a tricky issue. What I can tell you is that when I'm president, I'm going to make it a big deal.''

We talked about improving foods in schools.

Did she send Chelsea off to school with a packed lunch?

``Oh yeah!'' the senator said emphatically, as if I might not believe her. ``I can't say I did it well. But I tried.''

Wheat Brew

Does she cook? ``I used to cook. I did. I made lots of grilled things, meats and vegetables.''

Was she good at it? Did she like it?

``I know you won't tell anyone,'' she answered. ``I'd say I was adequate. What we have to do is make all this easier for people. Healthier, easier, more affordable. We have all of the means to do it. And we just will.''

And then she spun away for a grape juice refill, while I sampled a pomegranate wheat brew at the Saranac beer stand, which went splendidly with the free-range duck from Moriches. THE WORLD knows him as Chelsea Clinton's one-time boyfriend.
Ian Klaus wants to be known as an author.

His first book, "Elvis Is Titanic," detailing his experiences teaching English and history in the Kurdish region of Iraq, has just hit the stores.

Klaus, 28, a doctoral student at Harvard University, will read from his book at 7 p.m. Sunday at Book Passage in Corte Madera - "a humbling experience, since it's a bookstore I grew up in awe of."

Klaus was born at Marin General Hospital and lived with his parents and younger brother in Belvedere until he was 14.

He attended Del Mar School and played soccer for the Tiburon Sharks. In his years in Marin, "I mostly played soccer and tennis and hung out with friends."

He went to boarding school at Andover prep school in Massachusetts and graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with degrees in history and English.

He was named to the All-American team of Scholar Athletes by the National Soccer Coaches Association and was captain of the Washington University varsity for two years.

His athletic record helped him become a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, "a gift, an incredibly wonderful time." It was there that he met President Clinton's daughter.