Bush backs off pledge to open his entire military file: "White House officials yesterday backed off Bush's unqualified pledge Sunday on NBC's 'Meet the Press' to open his entire military file.
Also, the Boston Globe says that Bush's suspension from flying should have triggered an investigation, according to guard regulations.
And USA Today and the New York Times both give a lot of play to one man's allegation that Bush advisers in the late 1990s discussed ways to limit the release of potentially embarrassing details from his military records.
Reporters are still asking lots of questions about the period between May 1972 and May 1973. Bush as a young man received a coveted position in the Texas Air National Guard -- coveted because it protected him from being drafted and sent to Vietnam. He stopped flying in 1972, however, and critics have accused him of shirking his duty, particularly during a period when he was working for a political campaign in Alabama. "
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