Bush's daughter robbed in Argentina

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Bush's daughter robbed in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - U.S. and Argentine media reported that one of President Bush's 24-year-old twin daughters had her purse stolen while being guarded by the Secret Service during a visit here.

ABC News, citing unidentified law enforcement reports, reported on its Web site Tuesday that Barbara Bush's purse and cell phone were taken while she was dining in a Buenos Aires restaurant.

La Nacion newspaper, citing anonymous government sources, said in its online edition early Wednesday that one of Bush's daughters had her purse taken Sunday afternoon in the popular tourist district of San Telmo.

A pair of thieves removed the purse from under a table while Secret Service agents stood guard at a distance, La Nacion reported. La Nacion said its sources did not reveal which of the Bush daughters had her purse stolen.

Argentine police told The Associated Press they had no complaint of any such incident on file, and the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires said it would have no comment. In Washington, the White House, Secret Service and State Department also declined comment.

CNN cited a law-enforcement source who was briefed on the incident as saying that "at no point were the protectees out of visual contact and at no point was there any risk of harm."

Argentina's largest-circulation daily, Clarin, ran an online report citing the government news agency Telam as saying that Barbara Bush had her purse taken along with a cell phone that was inside it. Telam cited an official source who did not wish to be identified by name and who provided no other details.

Barbara's twin, Jenna, visited neighboring Paraguay last month to take part in a UNICEF program for young professionals.

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Man, if someone got that close to her imagine what else they could have done. Scary. Hope that the girls get a new detail.

I bet these dudes are way fired.

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I bet that detail is sitting up in the North Pole, watching polar bears. They screwed up if that happened. Then again, good thing that it was only her purse. Can you imagine had it been the President's daughter? Bush would have had the C.I.A. handle it then.

It just shocks me that some shady character could get close enough to her. I've been around secret service before, they usually have their eyes on the prize. I guess it's lucky dude was just a pruse snatcher and not a stab happy hobo.

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True... they don't mess around, at all. So, it is a shock. Ya gotta wonder what Daddy Bush did to this detail, or if he let it slide.

obviously the Secret Service was in on it