Reagan Defense Secretary Confirms Bush Awol

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By John Byrne | Raw Story Editor

Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations and Logistics under Ronald Reagan from 1981-1985, confirmed RAW STORY's legal analysis of President Bush's Guard Service in a telephone call Friday afternoon.

The analysis, which proves that President George W. Bush was absent without leave from the Texas Air National Guard in 1972, is available here: http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=172

Given proof that Bush missed five months of Guard training sessions, he said that Bush would be considered AWOL. "If you don't show up, you're absent without leave, by definition," Korb said.

No more than ten percent of sessions could be missed without them being made up, he asserted, confirming RAW STORY's findings. He added that President Bush should have been mandated to serve active duty if he missed even two months of service in a fiscal year -- 24 months of active duty minus the amount of active duty already served. For Bush, this would have amounted to 113 days. How this number was divined can be seen here: http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=173



He has written more than 100 editorials in major publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, and has appeared more than a thousand times as a commentator on television on shows such as Larry King Live, Good Morning America and The O'Reilly Factor.

RAW STORY plans to bring President Bush's AWOL research to its full conclusion Monday, when Korb is able to review Bush's payroll records.