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 ==""It was reported..."" and missing documents== 
 Here is a section I cut from the article.  If it is to be included, it has to be cited first of all, but second, it is chronologically unrelated to the KD scandal and probably belongs in GWB military service controversy, not here.  Other views?    
 :""It was reported that the new Killian memos were inconsistent with his endorsement of Lt Bush's May 1971 performance review, a year prior to the date on the disputed documents. Killian endorsed the rating officer's evaluation of Bush, which in part described him as ""an exceptionally fine young officer and pilot"". However, the more applicable performance review for the May 1, 1972 - April 30, 1973 period had all ""Rating Factors"" checked off as ""Not Observed"" and with the comment by the rating officer, ""Lt Bush has not been observed at this unit during the period of the report."" This ""Not Observed"" rating report provoked the USAF, which overseers Air National Guard pilots, to issue a ""Notice of Missing or Correction of Officer Effectiveness Training Report"" on June 29, 1973. USAF Master Sgt. Daniel P. Harkness, wrote ""Ratings must be entered on this officer in Sections V & VI. An AF Fm 77a should be requested from the training unit so that this officer can be rated in the position he held. This officer should have been reassigned in May 1972 since he no longer is training in his AFSC (Air Force Service Category, or job title) or with his unit of assignment."" The inquiry evidently ended on November 12, 1973 when Harkness's request was denied by Major Rufus G. Martin with the comment, ""Report for this period not available for administrative reasons.""  Analyses of these and other official records released by the Pentagon regarding Bush's military service  suggest that some documents that should be in the official records are inexplicably missing: ""Each of these actions by any member of the National Guard should have generated the creation of many documents that have yet to be produced,"" AP lawyer David Schulz wrote the Justice Department Aug. 26, 2004. White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan said there were no other documents to explain discrepancies in Bush's files. """