With all the attention paid to the Ashley Alexandra Dupre / Kristen / Eliot Spitzer sex scandal and resignation, we now offer a much lighter story.

There’s no denying that President George W. Bush has faced tough economic and diplomatic issues - with limited success - in the past seven years.

But, proving that no matter how much money or power you have, a father will have no control or say when it comes to his daughter’s wedding, these past issues are nothing compared to Jenna Bush’s upcoming nuptials to Henry Hager.

“I had to face some difficult spending decisions and I’ve had to conduct sensitive diplomacy. That’s called planning for a wedding,” George W. Bush said, eliciting laughs from the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Last month, when asked by a reporter how the planning of the Henry Hager-Jenna Bush wedding is going, the leader of the free world quipped:

“They’re letting me spend money, that’s how it’s going.”

Classic. Jenna Bush is set to wed Henry Hager at her parents’ Texas ranch on May 10. The couple’s engagement was announced in August.