lots of detail there,
but it still begs the question,
why does he ask for more paperwork?
If he just wanted to replace medals/ribbons thrown over the fence at the protest, why not just go to any aafes or NEX clothing store and BUY new medals/ribbons?
the actual physical replacement of the medals/ribbons would be an easy thing, you don't need to go to the pentagon for that.
and copies of the original citations would be available in his service record as you note.
why does he even need to get new citations then?
and, no one has provided informaiton on whether or not Bush has signed the form 180.
the libs at work keep saying he has not, and I cannot find any information that syas he has--except people that say "I think I read that somewhere."
as I said above, all I can find on the 'net from an unbiased source (washington times) is this from august 18, 2004:
"At the White House, press secretary Scott McClellan said he couldn't say specifically whether Mr. Bush signed Standard Form 180, but the president did request and release his own military records in February.
"I don't believe he signed any form, but he did authorize making his military records available publicly," Mr. McClellan said. "We have released all the records, and reporters were allowed to look at his medical records as well."
has bush signed the form 180 or not?
At the risk of engaging in some pop psychology, Kerry's ego would not allow him to get replicas of his medals. In his mind, he earned and deserved them. He did this in 1985 after he had been elected to the Senate the first time. He was sitting on top of the world. It is interesting that the certificates were signed in June 1985, so he must have started the process almost immediately after he took office in January 1985. I guess he wanted to decorate his office quickly, which he did based on reports that visitors have seen the medals displayed prominently in his office.
There have been reports from sources like Hannity that Bush signed a 180 or issued an executive-type order that all his records be released, yet we read that AP is going through the courts to have them all released based on a FOIA request. I heard Tom Lipscomb say on the Malzberg radio show that Bush did not/not sign an SF 180. If he hasn't, he should.