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Bush Suspended From Flying

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By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The White House released memos Wednesday night saying that George W. Bush was suspended from flying fighter jets for failing to meet standards of the Texas Air National Guard.

The Vietnam-era memos add new dimensions to the bare-bones explanation of Bush's aides over the years that he was suspended simply because he decided to skip his annual physical exam. The exam was scheduled during a year in which Bush left Texas, where he had been flying fighter jets, to work on a U.S. Senate campaign in Alabama.

White House communications director Dan Bartlett told CBS' "60 Minutes II," which first obtained the memos, that Bush's superiors granted permission to train in Alabama in a non-flying status and that "many of the documents you have here affirm just that."

"On this date I ordered that 1st Lt. Bush be suspended from flight

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Thu Sep-09-04 12:24 AM
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1. read and rated a 5

looks like some other folks are trying to bury it.

thanks for the link.

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Thu Sep-09-04 12:25 AM
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2. Hahahahahaha

Edited on Thu Sep-09-04 12:27 AM by oldhat

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Thu Sep-09-04 12:26 AM
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Thu Sep-09-04 12:28 AM
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Thu Sep-09-04 12:32 AM
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5. Fr**ptards are trying to sink this story. Give it a 5 and...

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Thu Sep-09-04 12:33 AM
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7. "Its current average rating is 2.96 with 1519 vote(s)" n/t

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Thu Sep-09-04 12:33 AM
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6. Doesn't this mean that he would have IMMEDIATELY been...

...eligible for service in Vietnam?

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