zimv20
Jul 24, 2004, 05:48 PM
link (http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-bush-military-records.html?pagewanted=print&position)
i'm having trouble keeping up w/ the release / non-release / full-release / partial-release of bush's guard duty records. the "destroyed" stuff turned up!
Some of President Bush's missing Air National Guard records during the Vietnam War years, previously said to be destroyed, turned up on Friday but offered no new evidence to dispel charges by Democrats that he was absent without leave.
[...]
The Pentagon, which had announced two weeks ago that the payroll records had been accidentally destroyed, blamed a clerical error for previous failure to find them.
The documents released on Friday by the Pentagon included two faded computerized payroll sheets showing Bush was not paid during the latter part of 1972 and offer no evidence to place Bush in Alabama during the latter part of 1972.
Still, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said: ``They show the president served in the military and completed his service, which is why he received an honorable discharge.''
here's my guilty pleasure quote:
"Bush's military records seem to show up as randomly as he did for duty,'' said DNC spokesman Jano Cabrera.
i'm having trouble keeping up w/ the release / non-release / full-release / partial-release of bush's guard duty records. the "destroyed" stuff turned up!
Some of President Bush's missing Air National Guard records during the Vietnam War years, previously said to be destroyed, turned up on Friday but offered no new evidence to dispel charges by Democrats that he was absent without leave.
[...]
The Pentagon, which had announced two weeks ago that the payroll records had been accidentally destroyed, blamed a clerical error for previous failure to find them.
The documents released on Friday by the Pentagon included two faded computerized payroll sheets showing Bush was not paid during the latter part of 1972 and offer no evidence to place Bush in Alabama during the latter part of 1972.
Still, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said: ``They show the president served in the military and completed his service, which is why he received an honorable discharge.''
here's my guilty pleasure quote:
"Bush's military records seem to show up as randomly as he did for duty,'' said DNC spokesman Jano Cabrera.
