So now the 1984 campaign letter where Kerry wants to cut every military program, and his 2004 website where he listed himself as the chair of the Intel subcommitte are fair game. Who is the liar now?
"George Bush has a clear pattern of lying about his military service," DNC Communications Director Jano Cabrera blasts in the new release. "From 1978 to the present day, George Bush has refused to tell voters the truth about his service. It's time for the President to come clean."
"Flyers distributed to Texas voters during Bush's failed Congressional race say 'he served in the U.S. Air Force and the Texas Air National Guard.' But according to Air Force officials, Air National Guardsmen are not counted as members of the active-duty Air Force."
TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle E - Reserve Components
PART I - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 1003 - RESERVE COMPONENTS GENERALLY
Sec. 10111. Air National Guard of the United States: composition
The Air National Guard of the United States is the reserve component of the Air Force that consists of -
(1) federally recognized units and organizations of the Air National Guard; and
(2) members of the Air National Guard who are also Reserves of the Air Force.
-- See also: Air National Guard Web Site states:
The Air National Guard as we know it today is a separate reserve component of the United States Air Force.
-- component
\Com*po"nent\, n. A constituent part