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Non-free media information and use rationale for 2003 Mission Accomplished Speech
Description	Bush during his speech in the USS Abraham Lincoln, with banner at the background
Source	[1] The caption says "Source: Associated Press"
Article	2003 Mission Accomplished Speech
Portion used	No
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	Illustrate how the infamous banner was clearly displayed during the speech.
Replaceable?	This is THE image of the speech, the image that was plastered on all newspapers and that many people will recognize immediately (apart from the image where Bush walks with the pilot uniform File:George_W._Bush_walks_with_Ryan_Phillips_to_Navy_One.jpg). No free counterpart seems to exist. There is one free image of the speech File:Bush-USS-Lincoln.jpg, but it's taken from a distance, the banner is not readable, and it's not recognizable. It's important to show how the banner was clearly displayed behind the president during the speech, since he never said the actual words, see: "Bush did not use the phrase "Mission Accomplished," but that message was emblazoned on a prominent banner directly behind the president as he declared major combat operations over in Iraq." Bush says he would give 'Mission accomplished' speech again, NZ Herald, Sep 28, 2004. "“In the four years since the president claimed ‘mission accomplished’ in Iraq, America has lost thousands of young lives and spent hundreds of billions of dollars.” The White House quickly pointed out that Mr. Bush never spoke the words “mission accomplished” in his speech. Rather, they were displayed on a banner (...) the anniversary of the speech in which Mr. Bush did not say “mission accomplished” (...)" Citing ‘Rigid’ Deadline, Bush Vetoes Iraq Bill, New York Times, May 1, 2007 "President Bush said the decision to put a "Mission Accomplished" banner on the aircraft carrier where he gave a speech following the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was a "mistake." (...) noted that the banner wasn't the only regrettable image from that speech – Mr. Bush "flew in on a jet, he had a pilot's outfit on," (...)" Bartlett: "Mission Accomplished" Banner Was My Fault, CBSNews, January 13, 2009 "For the White House, explaining away that "Mission Accomplished" banner has become Mission Impossible. Bad enough for President Bush that critics regularly hold up his aircraft carrier speech four years ago as a symbol of hubris and miscalculation. (...) The episode in question, of course, was the president's dramatic, made-for-television arrival on the USS Abraham Lincoln, decked out in Top Gun-style flight suit, on May 1, 2003, to declare beneath a "Mission Accomplished" banner the end of major combat operations in Iraq (...) But for his foes, [the banner image] remains a political gift that keeps on giving. Americans United for Change, an anti-Bush group, aired an advertisement this week featuring Bush's picture from that day as it lambasted his veto of the Iraq withdrawal legislation. Democrats paraded to the House and Senate floor Tuesday to remind any who were listening about the misjudgment of that day. (...) Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) asked on the Senate floor in front of an easel displaying a blown-up photograph of the president in front of the banner." The Image Bush Just Can't Escape, Washington Post, May 4, 2007 "Six months after he spoke on an aircraft carrier deck under a banner proclaiming "Mission Accomplished," President Bush disavowed any connection with the war message. The phrase has been mocked many times since Bush's carrier speech (...)" Article: Bush Disavows Mission Accomplished Banner Associated Press online, October 18, 2003 "President George W. Bush said he regrets the display of the "Mission Accomplished" sign as backdrop for a speech he gave about a month after the March 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq." Bush Says He Regrets Use of Iraq `Mission Accomplished' Banner, Bloomberg, November 12, 2008 "Whoever came up with the idea of the Mission Accomplished banner that has so plagued President Bush (...) the story of Bannergate and the hunt for the person or persons behind the two words. (...) As anyone who has watched television lately now knows, the enormous red, white and blue banner was the backdrop to Mr. Bush's May 1 landing in a flight suit on the carrier Abraham Lincoln and his speech on the open deck declaring major combat in Iraq at an end.", White House Letter; A Proclamation of Victory That No Author Will Claim New York Times, November 3, 2003 "Democrats used the anniversary of Bush's appearance aboard an aircraft carrier last May 1 -- when he appeared under a banner saying "Mission Accomplished" - (...)" Taking Stock Bush, Dems Review Events Since Infamous Aircraft Carrier Speech, The Cincinnati Post, May 1 2004 "“Clearly putting a ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner on an aircraft carrier was a mistake,” Mr. Bush said in reference to a 2003 speech he delivered on the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. (...) “It sent the wrong message; we were trying to say something differently but nevertheless it conveyed a different message,” Mr. Bush said. “Mission Accomplished,” however, was one example of many rhetorical blunders by the president." Bush Addresses His Shortcomings, Obama In Final Press Conference, The Bulletin (a Philadelphia newspaper), January 13, 2009

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File change date and time	17:10, 27 April 2008
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