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National Guard

• September 20 -- Still Picking Over Bush's Vietnam Service
CBS's big "scoop" about Bush's National Guard duty may have blown up in the network's face, but the New York Times is still poking around the ashes: "This year of inconsequence has grown increasingly consequential for President Bush because of persistent, unanswered questions about his National Guard service."

• February 18 -- Still Pushing the Guard Non-Story
Richard Stevenson trails Bush to Louisiana and twice brings up the National Guard issue.

• February 17 -- "Mounting War Casualties" Put Spotlight on Bush's Guard Record
David Barstow makes a shaky link between casualties in Iraq and questions on Bush's Guard service: "...with Iraq casualties mounting, with angry Democrats coalescing behind a decorated Vietnam veteran and with credibility questions dogging Mr. Bush, the broad-brush defense has been abandoned."

• February 16 -- What Do They Want From Bush?
White House reporter Elisabeth Bumiller is still not satisfied: "Friday night brought a final tidal wave of paper, much of it highly repetitive and already released in previous years, that once again offered no new proof that Mr. Bush had turned up for duty in Alabama."

• February 13 -- Globe Bashes Burkett's Anti-Bush Story: Will the NYT React?
The NYT-affiliated Boston Globe disputes allegations by Bill Burkett on Bush's National Guard record. The Times found Burkett sufficiently credible to use as the basis for a 1,000-word anti-Bush story Thursday. With Burkett's credibility now in question, will the Times follow up?

• February 12 -- Old Anti-Bush Whine in New Bottle
The Times squeezes 1,050-words out of old allegations about Bush's National Guard service from a source who last year wrote on Iraq: "I feel sickness that today another massive group of people, held worthless by this anointed king, will be trampled upon like grapes. But their blood will not be rendered into wine."