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Bush national guard records missing { September 7 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/ny-usguard073958649sep07,0,1876461.story?coll=ny-uspolitics-headlines http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/ny-usguard073958649sep07,0,1876461.story?coll=ny-uspolitics-headlines Bush National Guard records missing THE ASSOCIATED PRESS September 7, 2004 WASHINGTON -- Documents that should have been written to explain gaps in President George W. Bush's Texas Air National Guard service are missing from the military records released about his service in 1972 and 1973, an Associated Press inquiry shows. For instance, Air National Guard regulations at the time required commanders to write an investigative report for the Air Force when Bush missed his annual medical exam in 1972. No such records have been made public and the government told AP in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that it has released all the records it can find. Outside experts suggested that National Guard commanders may not have produced the required documentation. "One of the downfalls back then in the National Guard was that not everyone wanted to be chief of staff of the Air Force - they just wanted to fly or maintain airplanes," said retired Maj. Gen. Paul A. Weaver Jr., a former head of the Air National Guard. "So the record keeping could have been better." Challenging the government's declaration that no more documents exist, the AP identified five categories of records that should have been generated after Bush skipped his pilot's physical and missed five months of training. "Each of these actions by any member of the National Guard should have generated the creation of many documents that have yet to be produced," AP lawyer David Schulz wrote the Justice Department on Aug. 26. White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan said there were no other documents to explain discrepancies in Bush's files. Bush served stateside in the Air National Guard during Vietnam. Democrats have accused him of shirking his Guard service and getting favored treatment as the son of a prominent Washington figure. Bush has said he fulfilled all his obligations. He was in the Texas Air National Guard from 1968 to 1973 and was trained to fly F-102 fighters. Records of Bush's service have significant gaps, starting in 1972. Bush has said he left Texas that year to work on the unsuccessful Senate campaign in Alabama of family friend Winton Blount. The missing files included: A report from the Texas Air National Guard to Bush's local draft board certifying that Bush remained in good standing. Records of a required investigation into why Bush lost flight status. When Bush skipped his 1972 physical, regulations required his Texas commanders to "direct an investigation as to why the individual failed to accomplish the medical examination," according to the Air Force manual at the time. Bush's spokesmen have said he skipped the exam because he knew he would be doing desk duty in Alabama. Reports of formal counseling sessions Bush was required to have had after missing more than three training sessions. Bush missed at least five months' worth of National Guard training in 1972. Copyright © 2004, Newsday, Inc.

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