Salon: Bush's Service Records: The Score Card

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Did the president walk out on the Texas Air National Guard 30 years ago? A guide through the morass of new evidence.

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Have former Texas or Alabama National Guardsmen who served with Bush stepped forward to vouch for his service between 1972 and 1973?

Good news for Bush: None, because nobody has done so.

Bad news for Bush: None have done so. In 2000, when the story first broke, a group of Alabama veterans offered a $3,500 reward to any guardsmen who could help confirm Bush's whereabouts. Nobody came to collect the money. This week, the conservative Washington Times published a letter from a member of Bush's Texas National Guard unit who insisted he served alongside Bush. Bad news: He served with Bush in 1970 and 1971. Nobody questions Bush's duty during those years. It's 1972 and 1973 that stand at the center of the controversy.

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Bush's Suspension From Flying

In July of 1972 Bush, a fully trained pilot, failed to take his required annual physical and was subsequently suspended from flying.

Good news for Bush: None. White House chief of communications Dan Bartlett says Bush didn't have to take a physical because, since he was temporarily transferring to Alabama to work on the Blount campaign, he was no longer flying.

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