George W. Bush's National Guard service was an issue in the 2000 presidential campaign and in the 2004 presidential campaign. A controversy centered on questions of how George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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, who later became the 43rd President of the United States

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, came to be a member of the Texas Air National Guard

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, why he lost his flight status, and whether he fulfilled the requirements of his military

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 service contract during the Vietnam War

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George W. Bush joined the 147th Fighter Interceptor Group of the Texas Air National Guard

Texas Air National Guard

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 on May 27, 1968, during the Vietnam War

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