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I've read everything on this forum's archives dealing with this topic. I could not find a link to an official statement by President Bush's staff on this topic.

I thought the topic was dead, however the author of the article obviously has a vendetta against President Bush. It resufaced now and will resurface again. I feel confident that President Bush's staff has dealt with this, so I am asking for your help in locating their offical position. For example, a simple "NO" to the question would suffice, and one must have been given at some time. so where is it?

Why don't you do what deport suggested, and go look in the campaign material from the 2000 election. There were dozens of articles, explanations by the Texas Air National Guard, etc.

If you are interested, go look. Meanwhile, the reason this hasn't died is that this columnist is one of those far-left loonies who grasps on anything to smear the President.

You are skating on thin ice here, in my opinion. I have seen the disingenuous act from the democrat disruptors before. It is easy to spot, as deport has demonstrated. Now go research the information yourself. Google is quite helpful if you are truly interested in finding out the truth.

There is another possible explanation for the lack of a plausible denial of the implications of AWOL behavior documented in the exhibits to the George mag article. It is the same one that effectively prohibited Bill Clinton from responding clearly to critics of his activites at Oxford and his travels to the Soviet Union while a student.

They were both doing their time with the Intelligence Community: Getting their tickets punched for much higher level government service.

The stories of Clinton's recruitment by CIA biggie Cord Meyer are readily available at Orlingrabbe.com. That's the real reason he was able to avoid uniformed military service.

But the curious gap in George W. Bush's guard service, mainly in 1971, coincides with a period when, according to the NYT, he was working his first real job out of Yale, for one Robert Gow. Gow is a very curious character whose resume fits well with that of a spook. He hired Dubya, according to the Times, to scout out horticultural sites in Guatemala and Central America. Hmmmmmm. Interesting work.

My guess he was seconded to the CIA or some other intelligence arm of the government. He was doing his time, but not exactly in uniform.

Think about it: His father had been long involved in CIA activites and would eventually become CIA director. Spookery runs in families, and the politico-intelligence elite make sure to bring along their progeny. Merely flying an obsolete jet in a non-combat homeland role during wartime is not the stuff legends are made of. As Machievelli pointed out, there is no more valued or important warriors than a spy. But it's not something you can exactly brag about.