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certainly the women's health part is something that I've become very interested in. It's not something I thought about when George [Bush] was elected...what I'd always been interested in was education.

Laura Bush

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Laura Bush
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 4
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Laura Welch Bush
Laura Lane Welch Bush
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