
Entry 079May 1, 2003
“Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.”79
79President George W. Bush, USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003. Source
Why it’s on the record. Since the declaration, the number of U.S. military fatalities in Iraq rose to 591, which is more than four times the 138 deaths recorded during the period Bush defined as ''major combat operations.'
On the record
The President declared the end of major combat operations during a speech on an aircraft carrier.
- Said by
- President George W. Bush, President
- Where
- USS Abraham Lincoln
- When
- May 1, 2003
- Source
- USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003