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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (540034)2/13/2004 5:36:22 PM
From: sea_biscuit  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
From msnbc.msn.com

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Lt. Col. Albert Lloyd Jr., personnel director for the Texas Air National Guard from 1969 to 1995, ... said Bush’s early discharge was not uncommon for pilots or other crewmen who were to leave soon and had been trained on jets that had become obsolete, as was Bush’s case.

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To: Neocon who wrote (540034)2/13/2004 5:43:48 PM
From: Sedohr Nod  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
I'll be surprised if you get much of an answer.....On the topic of awol, in 1973 it was fairly common (in my limited experience) for people to be discharged early if they had a non-critical rating....it also became policy to weed out those that were considered "marginal performers"....So, Mr. Bush's story rings true with what was happening around me.....Of course, Dipy's unit might have been too important to be granted such favors....


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