Truth

635 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,566 of First Lieutenant Bush due this month. 636 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,969 His rater is Lieutenant Colonel Harris. 637 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:08,603 Neither Lieutenant Colonel Harris or I feel we can rate First Lieutenant Bush... 638 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:13,283 since he was not training with the 111th FIS since April 1972. 639 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:17,963 His recent activity is outside the rating period. 640 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,921 "Advise me how we are supposed to handle this." 641 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,363 [HODGES swans] 642 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,091 Okay, um, the... 643 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:34,208 This one is August 18, 1973 and the subject titled CYA... 644 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,444 which I believe means "cover your ass"? 645 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:43,691 Okay. "Staudt has obviously pressured Hodges more about Bush." 646 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,884 I'm having trouble running interference and doing my job. 647 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:51,603 Harris gave me a message today from Group regarding Bush's OETR... 648 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,167 and Staudt is pushing to sugarcoat it. 649 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:57,284 Bush wasn't here during rating period... 650 00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:00,370 and I don't have any feedback from 187th in Alabama. 651 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,562 I will not rate. 652 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:06,247 Austin is not happy today either. 653 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,920 Harris took the call from Group today. 654 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:12,522 I'll backdate but won't rate. 655 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:15,087 "Harris agrees." 656 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:22,531 Sir, are these memos familiar to you? 657 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:24,521 <i>They are.</i> 658 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:26,205 <i>Vi“.</i> 659 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:31,122 <i>But using someone's personal notes, that's going overboard.</i> 660 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:35,166 <i>You're trying to make news, create a story here where there isn't one.</i> 661 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:39,206 MAPES: No, sir, we're not trying to create anything. 662 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,009 Hold on a minute. Hold. 663 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:45,445 We have it. 664 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:48,970 RATHER: Tell me the truth... 665 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:51,441 and the whole truth about what happened... 666 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:55,042 with George W. Bush and the draft and the National Guard. 667 00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:01,691 Sid Adger, a friend of the Bush family, came to see me... 668 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:05,282 and he asked me if I would recommend... 669 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:08,529 George W. Bush for the Air National Guard. 670 00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:10,404 And I did. 671 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,525 MAPES: I'm concerned about the sheer amount of story we have. 672 00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:17,247 You know, what if we split it? You know, run Barnes tomorrow... 673 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,761 and the documents on the Sunday broadcast. 674 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:23,971 Sunday's show won't give us the real estate. Where are we with the rest of it? 675 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:26,647 Well, I just got an e-mail from Emily Will. 676 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,127 She has some concerns about the superscript thing. 677 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,926 - Superscript? - It's the raised "th" after the 111. 678 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,926 She was worried that function wasn't available on military typewriters in the '70s. 679 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,010 But I spoke to Matley, he said they were available then... 680 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,362 so Emily said she'd defer to him. 681 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:42,686 Good, all right. 682 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:46,043 Uh, White House will have someone for on-camera in the morning. 683 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:49,489 I can't send Dan because of the storm. 684 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,570 That fucking hurricane hates me. 685 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:56,606 Well, I don't think that I had the right... 686 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,371 to have the power that I had. 687 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:04,248 To choose who was gonna go to Vietnam and who was not gonna go to Vietnam. 688 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,961 That's a power in some instances when I look at those names... 689 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:12,324 of maybe determining life or death, and that's not a power I wanna have. 690 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:17,242 Too strong or not, to say you're ashamed of it now? 691 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:22,407 Oh, I think that that would be an appropriate thing. 692 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:23,686 <i>Vi“</i> 693 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,571 I'm very, very sorry. 694 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,042 [CLOCK TICKING ON TV] 695 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:32,967 What's it running? 696 00:38:33,200 -->