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CBS Moves Fail to Quell Critics of Bush Guard Report

By David Folkenflik
Published January 14, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

The CBS report released this week has not put an end to the questions and criticisms of the flawed story on President Bush's National Guard service and how CBS handled the firestorm caused by the story. NPR's David Folkenflik reports.

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