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To: boris_a who wrote (124601)	2/10/2004 1:56:24 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

White House to release Bush's military payroll records From Dana Bash CNN Washington Bureau Tuesday, February 10, 2004 Posted: 1643 GMT (12:43 AM HKT) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Hoping to quell election-year questions from Democrats about President Bush's Air National Guard service in the 1970s, the White House said it will release payroll records Tuesday that will show he fulfilled his obligations. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the payroll records from the Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver, Colorado, will include documents and dates of payment. McClellan said the president would not have been paid if he had not shown up for drills -- as some critics such as Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe have suggested. In a recent interview with ABC, McAuliffe said Bush had been absent without leave during part of his time in the Air National Guard, an allegation the White House vehemently denies. "He was paid for the days he served in the Air National Guard," McClellan said. "That's why I said that these records clearly document that the president fulfilled his duties." The president authorized the release of these records. He first vowed to do so in a television interview that aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." The White House also said it will release previously seen records of Bush's point summaries from his service in the Texas Air National Guard. White House officials said they planned to release a letter from former Texas Air National Guard Personnel Director Albert Lloyd, stating Bush had the required number of points for the year in question. At issue are records showing the president's service in Alabama in 1972 and 1973 while a member of the Texas Air National Guard. White House aides have said repeatedly they have released all pertinent records and that the matter was settled when it was raised in the 2000 campaign. Asked why these new payroll records had never been released, McClellan insisted the personnel center had not found them until recently and sent them late Monday to the White House. "We were not aware that this information existed during the campaign on the payroll records," McClellan said.