The Dubya Report
Along with other progressive media, The Dubya Report reported on gaps in Bush's military service in December 2000. Renewed interest in the subject, and its appearance in mainstream media have prompted us to devote a separate section to the topic. We will continue to update this page as the story develops. As always we welcome suggestions of links and other relevant information.
Bush Military Service
Resources Dubya Report Articles
Sites & Pages
 
 · Retired Marine Colonel Gerald Lechliter's exhaustive analysis of Bush's military service.
 
· Skip Fox's Swift Boat links.
 
· Texans for Truth
 
· George W. Bush's military service from Disinfopedia.
 
· The Crisis Papers Bush Military Service page.
 
· AWOLBush.com.
 
· Finally, The Truth About Bush's Military Service Record from TomPaine.com (September 2000).
 
· We were Soldiers Once? from Mother Jones (January/February 2003)
 
· Calpundit's analysis of Bush's "Air Reserve Force Points Earned" document.
 
· Time magazine's forum and links on the Bush National Guard controversy.
 
Articles
 
 · Kerry Pressing Swift Boat Case Long After Loss
 
· Former Air Force officer Michael Graham asks how Bush became a lieutenant after completing only basic training.
 
· Eric Boehlert's summary of stories that prompted renewed interest in Bush's military service in late 2004.
 
· Bush's Reserve Resignation Cited 'Inadequate Time'
 
· George W. Bush's missing year
 
· How Bush Could End the National Guard Controversy Before the Voting Is Done by David Corn
 
· US News and World Report's review of Bush's national guard record questions how he obtained an honorable discharge.
 
· The Boston Globe continues its detailed coverage of Bush's service with a new analysis of released records that shows Bush did not fulfill his service obligation.
 
· Texas politician tells the Washington Post that he helped Bush obtain National Guard slot to gain political influence.
 
· The New York Times' investigation of the so-called "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth."
 
· Kerry critic's own military records contradict his sworn affadavit about Vietnam incident.
 
· Now the Pentagon says the report that Bush records were destroyed was an oversight, according to the Associated Press.
 
· New York Times reports that the Pentagon Says Bush Records of Service Were Destroyed
 
· Bush's flight from the Guard from Salon.com, by James Moore, author of Bush's War for Reelection.
 
· Stooping Low to Smear Kerry by the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne
 
· I watched Kerry throw his war decorations by the Boston Globe's Tom Oliphant (April 27, 2004)
 
· Navy Records Show Positive Marks for Kerry from the New York Times (April 22, 2004)
 
· One-year gap in Bush's National Guard duty by the Boston Globe's Walter Robinson (May 23, 2000)
 
· Joe Conason's Bush's War Stories Simply Don't Fly from the New York Observer (February 2, 2004)
 
· Flap over Bush military service: why it's back from the Christian Science Monitor (February 12, 2004)
 
· Salon.com's Eric Boehlert details the relevant chronology in Bush's service records: The score card.
(February 13, 2004)
 
· A retired officer reports seeing Bush National Guard files in a trash can; from Salon.com (February 14, 2004)
 
· In Haze of Guard Records, a Bit of Clarity, New York Times (February 15, 2004)
 
· Steve Perry's Bush's Guard Record: It's Not Over (February 15, 2004)
 
· Two members of the 1972 Alabama Air National Guard tell the Memphis Flyer they never saw Bush.
(February 16, 2004)
 
· Ernest Partridge's The cover-up that's worse than the crime (February 17, 2004)
 
· Bartlett Outs Bush from Counter Punch (February 18,2004)
 
· Frank Rich's You Can't Skip Vietnam Twice, New York Times (February 22, 2004)
 
· 'Doonesbury' offers $10,000 for Bush military proof, Houston Chronicle (February 24, 2004)
 
Documents
 
 · Lester Thurlow's Bronze Star recommendation, refuting Thurlow's own claim that Kerry's "swift boat" did not come under fire.
 
· FindLaw's collection of the Military Service Records of President George W. Bush
 
· John Kerry's Official Naval Records
 

The War Hero vs. the AWOL Airman
At a rally in Pembroke, NH, on January 17, 2004, as he introduced the candidate, filmmaker Michael Moore noted that retired General Wesley Clark was a champion debater. "I know what you're thinking. I want to see that debate" between Clark and Bush -- "the general versus the deserter." The remarks would probably have been dismissed for what they were -- campaign rhetoric -- had not Peter Jennings brought the matter up at a debate among the Democratic candidates in New Hampshire in late January. Jennings challenged Clark to repudiate Moore's line, calling it a "reckless charge, not supported by the facts...." Clark sidestepped the question, and his son later told an online Washington Post discussion, "... from what I understand Bush has an honorable discharge which means legally he can't be described as a deserter - because of that discharge. Frankly it is up to the press to thoroughly investigate the allegations of George W Bush being AWOL."
[March 7, 2004] Full Story

Missing Service Records
In June of 2000 the Associated Press reported that Bush campaign workers could produce no documents showing that George W. Bush reported for duty with the Alabama National Guard in 1972, as he was ordered to do.
 
Bush spokesman Dan Bartlett could only produce copies of records already produced 18 months earlier. In particular, no payroll records were in evidence that would demonstrate Bush actually reported for duty during the three-month assignment in Alabama, which was arranged so that he could work on Winston Blount's campaign for Senate. Blount, a former Postmaster, was a friend of Bush's father. According to Bartlett, the official records were either lost or misplaced.
[December 28, 2000] Full Story

Military Service
In his 1978 congressional campaign Bush claimed that he had served in the Air Force. "A pullout ad from the Lubbock Advance-Journal on May 4, 1978, showed a huge photo of George W. with a 'Bush for Congress' logo on the front. On the back, a synopsis of his career stated he had served in the U.S. Air Force and the Texas Air National Guard where he piloted the F-102 aircraft.' When confronted about the misleading ad years later, Bush claimed that while he was attending flight school from November 1968 to December 1969, he was considered to be on active duty for the U.S. Air Force. The military branch denied his assertion by stating that Air National Guard members were considered 'guardsmen on active duty' while receiving pilot training. They were not, however, counted as members of the overall active-duty Air Force."
[March 7, 2001] Full Story

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