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REPORT SHOWS BUSH WAS AWOL
Earlier this year, President Bush told the nation "I did my duty" in theNational Guard in 1972 when he was supposed to report for service.[1] Butaccording to a major new report, that is not true. As a new examination of documents by the Boston Globe shows, "Bush fell wellshort of meeting his military obligation." Twice during his Guard service -first when he joined in May 1968, and again before he transferred out of hisunit in mid-1973 to attend Harvard Business School - Bush signed documentspledging to meet training commitments or face a punitive call-up to activeduty. But "he didn't meet the commitments, or face the punishment, therecords show."[2] Bush also has claimed "I did show up in Alabama"[3] in 1972 when he wassupposed to report there for duty. But as the Globe notes, "Bush's servicerecords do not show him logging any service in Alabama until October of thatyear." Furthermore, "even that service is in doubt" as "no one has comeforward with any credible recollection of having witnessed Bush performingguard service in Alabama or after he returned to Houston in 1973." A new group called Texans for Truth will begin airing 0:30 second televisionads featuring a National Guardsman who in 1972 served in the very sameAlabama unit Bush was supposed to have joined. That Guardsman testifies thathe never saw Bush show up for service - a story corroborated by others. See the ad here: http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2198579&l=53732 .[4]
Sources: 1. Transcript for Feb. 8th airing on "Meet the Press", MSNBC, 2/13/04,
Earlier this year, President Bush told the nation "I did my duty" in theNational Guard in 1972 when he was supposed to report for service.[1] Butaccording to a major new report, that is not true. As a new examination of documents by the Boston Globe shows, "Bush fell wellshort of meeting his military obligation." Twice during his Guard service -first when he joined in May 1968, and again before he transferred out of hisunit in mid-1973 to attend Harvard Business School - Bush signed documentspledging to meet training commitments or face a punitive call-up to activeduty. But "he didn't meet the commitments, or face the punishment, therecords show."[2] Bush also has claimed "I did show up in Alabama"[3] in 1972 when he wassupposed to report there for duty. But as the Globe notes, "Bush's servicerecords do not show him logging any service in Alabama until October of thatyear." Furthermore, "even that service is in doubt" as "no one has comeforward with any credible recollection of having witnessed Bush performingguard service in Alabama or after he returned to Houston in 1973." A new group called Texans for Truth will begin airing 0:30 second televisionads featuring a National Guardsman who in 1972 served in the very sameAlabama unit Bush was supposed to have joined. That Guardsman testifies thathe never saw Bush show up for service - a story corroborated by others. See the ad here: http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2198579&l=53732 .[4]
Sources: 1. Transcript for Feb. 8th airing on "Meet the Press", MSNBC, 2/13/04,
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