Original sentence: Barring the discovery of additional documents that are either exculpatory or incriminating, the issue is unlikely to be settled conclusively.Bush supporters claim that the surviving documentary evidence regarding Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard, including pay records and the official honorable discharge papers, indicate that Bush served honorably.His critics have alleged that he skipped over a waiting list to receive a National Guard slot, was absent from duty from 1972 to 1973, and was suspended from flying after missing a required physical examination and drug screening.Skeptics contend that many of the official records can no longer be found, and that the matter is at best ambiguous
Edited sentence: Barring the discovery of documents that are either exculpatory or incriminating, the issue is unlikely to be settled conclusively, and officially Bush's record stands that he served and was discharged honorably.Bush supporters claimed that the surviving documentary evidence regarding Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard including pay records and the official honorable discharge papers, indicated that Bush served honorably.His critics have alleged that he skipped over a waiting list to receive a National Guard slot, was absent from  duty from 1972 to 1973, and was suspended from flying after missing a required physical examination and drug screening.Skeptics note that many of the official records can no longer be found and that the matter is at best ambiguous