Ex-Lawmaker Says He Helped Bush With Guard
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Former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes said he is "more ashamed at myself than I've ever been" because he helped President Bush and the sons of other wealthy families get into the Texas National Guard so they could avoid serving in Vietnam.
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President Bush told a conference of the National Guard Association today that he was "proud to be one of them."
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AFTER READING the article about President Bush&#39;s speech to members of the National Guard (&quot;As questions about his service persist, Bush addresses Guard,&quot; Page A14, Sept.
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With 6,000 National Guard troops deployed to Southwestern states, President Bush said Saturday he has fulfilled his pledge to help beef up border security and challenged Congress to give him legislation that will welcome more foreigners into the country.
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I am inclined to believe the young George W. Bush got into the Texas Air National Guard because he was the son of a rich and powerful man and somebody pulled strings to keep him out of the meat grinder of Vietnam.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - President Bush turned is turning the tables on Sen...
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A former US senator who lost both legs and an arm in combat in Vietnam went to President Bush&#39;s Texas ranch Wednesday to deliver a letter defending Democratic Party presidential candidate John Kerry.
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Rep. Duncan Hunter says his son, a Marine artillery officer who has served in Iraq, asked him for two favors. One was to fix his Ford Bronco. The other was to stand firm in opposing an intelligence bill that would strip authority from the Pentagon.
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President Bush is relying on longtime family adviser and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III to use a bit of diplomacy in negotiating the candidates' debates.
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How the Dem who supports Bush on Iraq became the Senate's one-man tipping point
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The U.S. Congress has the power to end the war in Iraq, several high-powered legal experts including a former Bush administration attorney told a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
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President George W. Bush praised the part-time soldiers of the National Guard, thousands of whom are in Iraq, while steering clear of controversy over his own service 30 years ago.
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Representative William J. Jefferson of Louisiana went from helping a small company to trying to take it over for his familyÂs benefit.
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The former U.S. occupation chief in Iraq on Tuesday defended the way he haphazardly doled out billions of dollars in Iraqi funds after the U.S. invasion as Democrats began a two-year effort to scrutinize fraud, waste and abuse under the Bush administration.
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One is a Bush family loyalist who served four presidents and guided George W. Bush to legal victory in the disputed 2000 election. The other is a resolute Democrat, a 34-year congressman who steered a divided 9/11 commission to unanimity.
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AUSTIN - President Bush&#39;s Air National Guard commander said he felt pressured by higher-ups to &quot;sugarcoat&quot; his evaluations of the young pilot after grounding Bush in 1972 in part for failing to perform up to standards, according to military memos
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In a video posted on the Internet, Ben Barnes, a former Democratic speaker of the Texas House, said he is ashamed he helped President Bush and the sons of other wealthy families get into the Texas Air National Guard in 1968 so they could avoid serving in Vietnam.