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Bush's National Guard File missing records that would explain gaps in service
by Matt Kelley
Documents that should have been written to explain gaps in President Bush's Texas Air National Guard service are missing from the military records released about his service in 1972 and 1973, according to regulations and outside experts.For example, Air National Guard regulations at the time required commanders to write an investigative report for the Air Force when Bush missed his annual medical exam in 1972. The regulations also required commanders to confirm in writing that Bush received counseling after missing five months of drills. |
A trailing Kerry has been there, won that
by Mark Z. Barabak
John F. Kerry has been here before.Turning into the final eight weeks of the presidential campaign, the Democratic nominee faces doubts within his party and pundits increasingly skeptical of his chances against a resurgent President Bush, who seems to have momentum heading his way. |
An economy that turns American values upside down
by Bob Herbert
The Labor Department reported last week that 144,000 payroll jobs were created in August. Let's put that in perspective.The number was below market forecasts. It was also below the number of jobs needed to accommodate the growth in the employment-aged population. In short, this was not good news. It's only by the diminished job-creation standards that have prevailed since the last recession that any positive spin could be put on last month's performance. |
Kerry Enlisting Clinton Aides in Effort to Refocus Campaign
by Adam Nagourney and David M. Halbfinger
Former President Bill Clinton, in a 90-minute telephone conversation from his hospital room, offered John Kerry detailed advice on Saturday night on how to reinvigorate his candidacy, as Mr. Kerry enlisted more Clinton advisers to help shape his strategy and message for the remainder of the campaign. |
Prep for Iraq War Hurt Effort in Afghanistan
by William C. Mann
The general who ran the war in Afghanistan said more than a year before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that his resources were being shifted in preparation for taking on Saddam Hussein.Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., contends that just months into combat in Afghanistan, Gen. Tommy Franks also told him that fighting terrorism in Somalia, Yemen and elsewhere should take priority over invading Iraq. |
New Iraq PM a Mole for American, Brit Intelligence
by Matt Kelley
Iraq's tough-talking new prime minister was one of U.S. and British intelligence agencies' most trusted sources for information about Saddam Hussein's government, former officials say.Ayad Allawi, once a member of Saddam's Baath Party, spent nearly three decades in exile and more than a dozen years as a key figure in the opposition to Saddam's government. Allawi's Iraqi National Accord became a conduit for defectors and sources from Saddam's government, particularly the military. |
We Don’t Want Our Loved Ones Who Died in 9/11 Used as an Excuse to Start War - Relatives of terror victims are foremost in the mass demonstrations that show not everyone loves Bush
by Matt Kelly
DAN Jones starts to cry. He's in the middle of Union Square in New York City and he's trying to explain how his children felt when they lost their favorite uncle - his brother-in-law - on September 11, 2001. Jones is one of the founders of the September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows organization and it's been a rough week for him. |
Frances' Second Swing Hits Fla. Panhandle - Frances' Second Swing Hits Panhandle With 65 Mph Winds; 5 Dead, 6 Million Without Power in Fla.
by AP
Frances sloshed into the Florida Panhandle on Monday, taking a second swing at a storm-weary state where it already had knocked out power to 6 million people, torn up roofs and boats and been blamed for at least five deaths.While Panhandle residents rode out the tropical storm's heavy rain and wind blowing at a sustained 65 mph, shutters started coming down in the south and residents began returning to homes they had evacuated. |
Clinton Has Successful Quadruple Bypass - Bill Clinton Has Successful Quadruple Heart Bypass Surgery; Former President Resting Comfortably
by AP
Bill Clinton had a successful quadruple heart bypass operation Monday to relieve severely clogged arteries that doctors said had put the former president in grave danger of a major heart attack sometime soon.Clinton is expected to make a full recovery, but doctors said he was fortunate to have checked himself into the hospital when he did. The heart disease they repaired was extensive, and blockage in several of Clinton's arteries was "well over 90 percent," said Dr. Craig R. Smith, the surgeon who led the operation. |
BUSH 'TOOK COCAINE AT CAMP DAVID' - And wife Laura liked dope, says book
by Emma Pryer
GEORGE W Bush snorted cocaine at Camp David, a new book claims.His wife Laura also allegedly tried cannabis in her youth.Author Kitty Kelley says in her biography The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, that the US President first used coke at university in the mid-1960s. |
Bowden's grandson, ex-son-in-law die in crash
by AP
A grandson and a former son-in-law of Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden were killed when their car was hit a by a utility truck that was helping to restore power outages caused by Hurricane Frances.John Allen Madden, a 45-year-old former Florida State lineman who played under Bowden, and his 15-year-old son, Bowden Madden, were killed instantly Sunday when the passenger side of their car hit the front of the truck, Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Robert Mills said Monday. |
Why I Will Not Seek a Best Documentary Oscar (I'm giving it up in the hopes more voters can see "Fahrenheit 9/11"
by MichaelMoore.com
Dear Friends,I had dinner recently with a well-known pollster who had often worked for Republicans. He told me that when he went to see "Fahrenheit 9/11" he got so distraught he twice had to go out in the lobby and pace during the movie."The Bush White House left open a huge void when it came to explaining the war to the American people," he told me. "And your film has filled that void -- and now there is no way to defeat it. It is the atomic bomb of this campaign." |
