] According to "60 Minutes," Killian's personal files show ] that he ordered Bush "suspended from flight status" on ] Aug. 1, 1972. National Guard documents already released ] by the White House and the Pentagon show that Bush was ] suspended from flight status on that day for "failure to ] accomplish annual medical examination" but do not mention ] his alleged failure to comply with National Guard and Air ] Force standards. ] ] In another "memo to file," dated Aug. 18, 1973, Killian ] complained that he was under pressure from his superior, ] Col. Walter B. "Buck" Staudt, to "sugar coat" Bush's ] officer evaluations. "I'm having trouble running ] interference and doing my job," he wrote in a memo titled ] "CYA." "I will not rate." Bush disobeyed a direct order to get a medical exam. Records Say Bush Balked at Order (washingtonpost.com) |