Newly released Guard records contain letter from President Bush

Saturday, September 18, 2004

WASHINGTON -- A packet of Texas Air National Guard records released Friday showed that the commanding officer of President Bush's basic training unit took a special interest in him as a trainee and wrote to his father to praise him. Democrats called that proof of preferential treatment.

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