Just to correct the record, Barnes said he recommended Bush for the TANG when he was Speaker in '68, not when he was Lt. Gov. in '69. There is no timeline problem.
"BEN BARNES:
Well, it's been a long time ago, but he [Adger] said basically, would I help young George Bush get in the Air National Guard?
DAN RATHER:
And you said to him that you would. You could do that?
BEN BARNES:
I said that I'd be happy to call Gen. Rose, who was the commander there at National Guard.
DAN RATHER:
Help people understand what's the relationship between -- you were then-speaker of the House?
BEN BARNES:
Yes."
"BEN BARNES:
Well, it's been a long time ago, but he [Adger] said basically, would I help young George Bush get in the Air National Guard?
DAN RATHER:
And you said to him that you would. You could do that?
BEN BARNES:
I said that I'd be happy to call Gen. Rose, who was the commander there at National Guard.
DAN RATHER:
Help people understand what's the relationship between -- you were then-speaker of the House?
BEN BARNES:
Yes."
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