
Entry 028May 1, 2003
“Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.”28
28George W. Bush, President of the United States, Address to the nation from the USS Abraham Lincoln, off San Diego, May 1, 2003. Source
Why it’s on the record. The great majority of the roughly 4,400 U.S. military deaths in Iraq came after this speech. U.S. combat operations formally ended on August 31, 2010, more than seven years later.
On the record
This is the 'Mission Accomplished' speech. The banner on the carrier said that; Bush himself never said the words. His actual claim was that major combat had ended.
- Said by
- George W. Bush, President of the United States
- Where
- Address to the nation from the USS Abraham Lincoln, off San Diego
- When
- May 1, 2003
- Source
- Address to the nation from the USS Abraham Lincoln, off San Diego, May 1, 2003