] After weeks of media scrutiny of Democrat John Kerry's
] record in Vietnam, Bush was broadsided by several
] challenges to his account of his six-year stint in the
] air guard in Texas and Alabama, including:
]
] -- A CBS "60 Minutes" interview in which a former Texas
] speaker of the House said he helped secure a pilot's
] position for Bush in the Texas Air National Guard to keep
] him from being drafted.
]
] -- New memos obtained by CBS News suggesting that Bush's
] squadron commander in Texas was under pressure from his
] superiors to give Bush a strong performance review, which
] he refused to do.
]
] -- A Boston Globe investigation that concluded that Bush
] missed training assignments in Alabama and Massachusetts
] despite twice signing statements that warned that he
] could be put on active duty for two years for doing so.