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The President Declares Major Combat Operations In Iraq CompleteMAY 1, 2003 · 18:29
The speech was delivered on a carrier deck with the aircraft behind him at a specific angle. The text referred to 1936, the year of a different war, in a sentence that has been quoted, out of context, by people who are right about the reference and wrong about the meaning.
THE DECK. IT IS GREEN. THE SPEECH WAS GIVEN FROM THE FRONT.
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THE DECK. IT IS GREEN. THE SPEECH WAS GIVEN FROM THE FRONT.
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- In an address from the deck of an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, the president declared that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended" and referred to the coming day as the moment "the transition from conflict to peace."
The mission continues. The administration has said this. The mission also continues.
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