PRESTOPUNDIT -- "It's a team sport, baby!"

BILL BURKETT -- "What's an AWOL Got to Do With Presidential Service?" Quotable:

"The files clearly show a tension had arisen concerning Bush's service with his commander LTC Killian. Killian's comments concerning Bush's Officer Evaluation simply claim that Bush was not observed during this one-year rating period. This is an area that commanders of that day and today all use as their calibration on the issue of Bush's service. We know politics, but we also know that Officer evaluations are critical mass for commanders; especially on political soldiers such as a congressman's son.

* The flurry of activity following Alabama obviously responded to unit pressure, but also indicates a possible violation of trust from Killian toward Bush. This is conjecture, but substantiated by the actions that followed .. "

And this letter from Burkett:

Bush Shits On Guardsman
by Bill Burkett
(No verified email address) 24 Mar 2003

I had been 'loaned' from the senior staff and state planning officer of the Texas National Guard to the Department of the Army for a series of these special projects after angering George W. Bush by refusing to falsify readiness information and reports; confronting a fraudulent funding scheme which kept 'ghost' soldiers on the books for additional funding, and refusing to alter official personnel records [of George W. Bush].

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