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Here's a link to the CBS story:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/06/politics/main641481.shtml

...The first memo is a direct order to take "an annual physical examination" – a requirement for all pilots

...Another memo refers to a phone call from the lieutenant in which he and his commander "discussed options of how Bush can get out of coming to drill from now through November." And that due to other commitments "he may not have time."...

...Killian's memo, titled 'CYA' reads he is being pressured by higher-ups to give the young pilot a favorable yearly evaluation; to, in effect, sugarcoat his review. He refuses, saying, "I'm having trouble running interference and doing my job." ...

...More difficult to brush off are two official memos that seem to contradict previous White House statements.

One "orders" the president to report for a physical. The White House has said the physical was "not necessary" because the president stopped flying.

And where the White House says the president's flying status was revoked simply for missing that physical, the memo points to both the missed physical and "failure to perform to (USAF/TexANG) standards...

The White House is right -- if you were not transitioning to a new aircraft, then you did not need a flight physical and when you didn't show up, they marked you as not on flying status. That is customary and especially in the Guard where they could refuse to transition to a new plane. The ANG across this Country were transitioning out of F-102's and there were not enough planes to go around so if you were not transitioning, you were removed from flying status.

What part of that do people not understand?

One thing here, why would Col Killian be overly concerned about Bush and feel the need to make memos on him?
I would guess that there were a lot more young men from far more important and richer connected families in the Guard Unit than Bush.
I think we need to see all those so called memos and I want to know exactly where they came from.
Why didn't they come out long before this? I mean Bush has been through two campaigns for Governor and one for President so those documents, if they are real, have been out there to find for a very long time.
It tells me this is sheer desperation on the Dems part to find this suspicious information at this juncture.
Ben Barnes is a know liar and a fraud. If he was only 29 in 1968 then he also would have eligible for the draft in the 1960's and since we know his Sugar Daddy was LBJ I guess we know how he stayed out of Vietnam.

From you link

What has never surfaced before, reports CBS News Anchor Dan Rather, are four documents from the personal files of Col. Jerry Killian, Mr. Bush's squadron commander. They could help answer lingering questions on whether Lt. Bush received special consideration during his military service.

Why would Bush's files be in Killian's files??