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"Mission Accomplished" speech aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

President George W. Bush delivered a speech aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln declaring that "major combat operations in Iraq" had ended, standing beneath a banner reading "Mission Accomplished."

"Mission Accomplished" speech aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

The highly publicized declaration shaped early public perception of the Iraq War and was later criticized as premature as a sustained insurgency and prolonged U.S. involvement followed.

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