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George W. Bush’s performance with the “Mission Accomplished” banner — a rhetorical victory lap that came before the protracted bloodshed — deserves all of its notoriety 20 years later.
Will Saletan takes a deep dive into Donald Trump’s lies about the Iran strikes, revisits his past criticism of George W.
What’s faded, 15 years since George W. Bush stood beneath that infamous sign on May 1, ... on the fifth anniversary of U.S. President George W. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” speech.
AP One of the most infamous artifacts from George W. Bush's presidency, the 2003 "Mission Accomplished" banner, may end up on display at Mr. Bush's presidential library.. On May 1, 2003, Mr. Bush ...
President Joe Biden has announced that a new aircraft carrier will be named after former President George W. Bush, who infamously made a premature “Mission Accomplished” declaration on a ...
Twenty years ago, President George W. Bush declared the end of major combat in Iraq in front of a banner reading, “mission accomplished,” in a now-infamous speech on May 1, 2003, aboard the ...
The annals of political imagery are replete with disasters, moments when the most carefully crafted public persona dissolves in a moment of ludicrous self-parody. Some of these have become clichés.
The United States military last evening performed skillfully and courageously in attacking three of Iran’s nuclear sites.
The president dropped an F-bomb as he faced growing questions over the success of U.S. military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites.
He savaged Bush for distorting intelligence and overselling the military’s initial success in Iraq. Now Trump and his team ...
President Joe Biden has announced that a new aircraft carrier will be named after former President George W. Bush, who infamously made a premature “Mission Accomplished” declaration on a ...