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With the Swift Lying Liars (SWILL) on the attack, don't miss this interview. Monday 5:00PM EST
Deserter: Bush's Military Past
by IAN WILLIAMS
The Nation
(Note: We will be interviewing Ian Williams on Monday, August 23, 2004 at 5:00PM EST about his new book, "Deserter: Bush's War on Military Families, Veterans, and His Past" GS)
Even allowing for the usual military-bureaucratic incompetence, records relating to George W. Bush's National Guard Service have a suspiciously low survival rate, so there has been understandable incredulity about the recent revelation that a crucial quarter's pay records from 1972 did not survive the Pentagon's alleged attempt to transfer the microfilm to a more durable medium. That incredulity was enhanced rather than allayed when they eventually were discovered behind whichever filing cabinet they had been dropped.
At issue is whether Bush was, technically at least, a deserter in his fourth year of National Guard service, when he requested a transfer to Guard duties in Alabama so he could assist a Republican senatorial campaign there.
RadioLeft will have a live interview today with Ian
go to www.radioleft.com
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