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Retired Guard Officer Says He Saw Some Files Discarded in TrashRetired National Guard Lt. Col. Bill Burkett said Tuesday that in 1997, then Governor Bush's chief of staff Joe Allbaugh told the National Guard chief to get the Bush file and make certain that 'there is not anything in there that will embarass the governor.'Col. Burkett said that a few days later at Camp Mabry in Austin, he saw Mr. Bush's file and documents from it discarded in a trash can.He said he recognized the documents as retirement point summaries and pay forms.Bush aides denied any destruction of records in...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sex and politics have never been easy bedfellows in American politics. But to hear the political pundits tell it on Wednesday, Arnold Schwarzenegger's election as California governor despite being portrayed as "The Groper," has more to do with the peculiarities of a historic recall race than a sea change in national ethics. In a nation where so many politicians have been brought down by their sexual peccadilloes, Schwarzenegger's success in shrugging off widespread, and potentially criminal allegations of sexual harassment provoked more sanguine resignation than shocked indignance. "Part of the reason Schwarzenegger (a Republican) overcame this...