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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: stockman_scott who wrote (621295)9/9/2004 9:56:25 PM
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"...political influence may have come into play as he sidestepped his training requirements in his final two years of service, from May 1972 until May 1974."

"...The disclosures by CBS follow a report in yesterday's Globe that Bush signed documents in 1968 and in 1973 promising to fulfill specific training requirements or face a punitive order to active duty. The records examined by the Globe, and verified by several former military officers, show that Bush did not meet his commitments. Nor was he penalized."

"The White House, in response to the Globe report, ascribed political motives to two of the analysts quoted by the Globe. A third retired officer quoted in the Globe report who agreed with them has been a White House consultant on Bush's military records...."

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