The latest on the AWOL story
Bush has apparently decided to release his military records ... or, whatever is left of them. It seems the Bush camp, in the run-up to his presidential bid, was worried about what the files might reveal and may have had them "cleansed":
As Texas Gov. George W. Bush prepared to run for president in the late 1990s, top-ranking Texas National Guard officers and Bush advisers discussed ways to limit the release of potentially embarrassing details from Bush's military records, a former senior officer of the Texas Guard said Wednesday.
A second former Texas Guard official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, was told by a participant that commanders and Bush advisers were particularly worried about mentions in the records of arrests of Bush before he joined the National Guard in 1968, the second official said.
Bill Burkett, then a top adviser to the state Guard commander, said he overheard conversations in which superiors discussed "cleansing" the file of damaging information.
Meanwhile, it has also been reported that Bush moved to Alabama without the Air Force's permission:
George W. Bush left his Texas Air National Guard assignment and moved to Alabama in 1972 even though the Air Force denied his request for a transfer, according to his military records.
One wonders why this issue wasn't thoroughly analyzed by the media four years ago. But I guess there were more pressing questions back then, such as Gore's choice of wardrobe and his "claim" to have invented the Internet.
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