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I called George W. Bush a deserter
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for his time in the Texas National Guard.
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In response, the White House
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released his military records
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in the hopes of disproving the charge.
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What Bush didn't know is
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that I already had a copy of his military records -
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uncensored - obtained in the year 2000.
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And there is one glaring difference
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between the records released in 2000
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and those he released in 2004.
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A name had been blacked out.
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In 1972, two airmen were suspended
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for failing to take their medical examination.
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One was George W. Bush.
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And the other was James R. Bath.
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In 2000 the documents show both names.
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But in 2004 Bush and White House
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had Bath's name blacked out.
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Why didn't Bush want the press
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and public to see Bath's name
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on his military records?
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Perhaps he was worried
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that the American people would find out
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that at one time James R. Bath
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was the Texas money manager for the bin Ladens.
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Bush and Bath had become good friends
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when they both served
in the Texas National Guard.
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After they were discharged,
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when Bush's dad was head of the CIA,
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Bath opened up his own aviation business,
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after selling a plane to a man named Salem bin Laden,
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heir to the second largest fortune in Saudi Arabia:
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the Saudi bin Laden Group.
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W at that time was just starting out
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in the world as a business man.
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Because he's a guy
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who¡¯s always tried to emulate his father,
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uh, he decided to go into the oil business.
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He founded an oil company, a drilling company,
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out of west Texas called Arbusto,
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which was very very good at drilling dry holes