[lbo-talk] Bush's flying career - ended by a drug test?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Mar 29 09:39:36 PST 2004


Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.) - March 14, 2004

Bush's partial history Stringent military screening program may explain gaps on president's record

Bill Morlin and Karen Dorn Steele Staff writers

Military rules used in 1974 to ground two Washington Air National Guard airmen with access to nuclear weapons also applied to a Texas Air National Guard unit where Lt. George W. Bush was a fighter pilot.

Some military researchers and a former Texas Guard lieutenant colonel believe the stringent regulations -- known as the Human Reliability Program -- may have been invoked to stop Bush from flying Texas Air National Guard jets in 1972.

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<http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking-news-story.asp?submitDate=200431401040>



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