Posted on 07/23/2004 1:34:41 PM PDT by areafiftyone
Edited on 07/23/2004 2:24:55 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Pentagon Releases Bush's Guard Records
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon (news - web sites) on Friday released payroll records from President Bush (news - web sites)'s 1972 service in the Alabama National Guard, saying its earlier contention the records were destroyed was an "inadvertent oversight."
The records cover July through September of 1972, when Bush was working as a campaign volunteer in Alabama. The future president had been transferred from the Texas Air National Guard to the Alabama unit so he could stay in Alabama.
The release came days before Democrats began their national convention in Boston to officially nominate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) as their presidential candidate.
Democrats have sought to contrast Bush's National Guard service with Kerry's Vietnam War record. Kerry enlisted in the Navy, volunteered for combat in Vietnam and earned several medals including a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts. After returning from Vietnam, Kerry became a prominent anti-war activist.
The Associated Press had asked a federal judge July 16 to order the Pentagon to quickly turn over a copy of the pay records. The AP had sued under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the records from a state library records center in Texas.
Records of Bush's National Guard service released previously did not conclusively show whether Bush fulfilled his service requirements in 1972 and 1973, during the Vietnam War.
Bush had transferred to an Alabama National Guard unit while he worked on the U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Winton Blount, a family friend.
The Pentagon had said that the payroll records for that time period had been inadvertently destroyed.
In a letter to The Associated Press Friday, Pentagon freedom of information chief C.Y. Talbot said the records couldn't be found earlier because officials were using the wrong index number.
The Associated Press was evaluating the documents.
Oh man oh man oh man. Please show that he got lots of money for lots of work.
Found in Sandy Berger's shorts, no doubt.
Is this good or bad ? Will the RATS claim he got paid for not doing the guard work ?
Scratch one campaign issue for the Dim-ocrats! Maybe now John Kerry will stop reminding everyone that he was in Vietnam.
Holding breath.
I know you're kidding, but remember, he was for the Viet Nam war before he was against it.
sure he will
"The records cover July through September of 1972, when Bush was working as a campaign volunteer in Alabama"
I read that to mean he was being paid while working elsewhere.
Or he was working the Guard job and volunteering on the side.
LOL
That and the documents are fakes, doctored, etc. Take your pick.
If this is good for Bush the dems will question the timing.
So, lemme get the DU keyword search straight:
BUSHAWOL/DRAFTDODGER/HATENATIONALGUARD/HATESHRUB/HATEUSA
How did I do?
Sure.
It's a predictable as sunrise.
"All ths proves is he got PAID - now we know he TOOK MONEY for doing nothing !"
Guard service is on weekends. Weekend warriors.
bttt
That shredding noise is the sound of John Kerry shredding his attack speech asking where Bush was while he was accumulating ribbons to throw away.
Oh No !! Ya mean Bush didnt Lie?
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