Bush's National Guard Resignation Released
Thursday, September 30, 2004
AP
WASHINGTON The White House said seven months ago that it had released all the
records on President Bush's stateside military service during the Vietnam War,
yet new records are still dribbling out as Election Day approaches.
The White House on Wednesday night produced a November 1974 document bearing
Bush's signature from Cambridge, Mass., where he was attending Harvard Business
School, saying he had decided not to continue as a member of the military
reserve.
The document, signed a year after Bush left the Texas Air National Guard
(search), said he was leaving the military because of "inadequate time to
fulfill possible future commitments."
White House spokesman Scott McClellan (search) said the resignation was found in
connection with a lawsuit brought by The Associated Press. The White House said
the document had been in Bush's personnel file and that it had been found by the
Pentagon.
Earlier Wednesday, the White House said Bush never was disciplined while serving
in the Texas Air National Guard, never failed a physical and never asked his
father or family friends for help to get him into the Guard.
The White House assertions came in response to a dozen questions submitted by AP
in light of new records detailing Bush's Guard service and allegations that have
surfaced this election season.