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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Yousef who wrote (202170)9/15/2004 6:05:28 PM
From: tejek   of 1574071
 
CBS' Rather remains firm on Bush memos

New York, NY, Sep. 15 (UPI) -- In the face of growing controversy, CBS anchor Dan Rather Wednesday stood by a story suggesting George W. Bush dodged his Texas National Guard commitment.

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Nevertheless, Rather -- in an interview appearing in Wednesday's New York Observer -- said the president still should answer the questions raised by the memos.

Those questions, the online paper said, "...have remained unanswered by the Bush administration: Did Mr. Bush get preferential treatment for the Texas Air National Guard? Was then-Lt. Bush suspended for failing to perform up to Texas and Air Guard standards? Did then-Lt. Bush refuse a direct order from his military superior to take a required examination?"

"It's never been fully, completely denied by the Bush-Cheney campaign or even the White House that he was suspended for meeting the standards of the Air Force or that he didn't show up for a physical," Rather said, suggesting the absence of such a denial suggests the story is true.

The focus on "questions over the veracity of the memos was a smoke screen perpetrated by right-wing allies of the Bush administration," he said. "This is your basic fogging machine, which is set up to cloud the issue, to obscure the truth."


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