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DATE: April 30, 2007
Mission Accomplished?
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Iraq War Vet, Concerned Citizens Unfurl Replica of Infamous "Mission Accomplished" banner in Front of White House Today on Eve of Speech Bush Gave May 1, 2003 Declaring an End to the War
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Washington D.C. -- Americans United for Change and Americans Against Escalation in Iraq held an event in front of the White House today, noting the fourth anniversary of President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech and calling on President Bush to sign legislation which will be sent to him tomorrow to wind down the war in Iraq. Members in attendance held up a replica of the "Mission Accomplished" banner (with a question mark) which was displayed behind President Bush on the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1st, 2003 when he declared the war in Iraq over and that U.S. and coalition forces had prevailed.
"Four years after President Bush said the war was over, four years after he stood before the banner 'Mission Accomplished' on the USS Abraham Lincoln and four years into a tortured and failed policy in Iraq - U.S. forces are still caught in the crosshairs of a civil war with no end in sight," said Brad Woodhouse of Americans United for Change. "While President Bush stubbornly refuses to change course in Iraq, four years after his infamous address where he strutted arrogantly across the deck of aircraft carrier, the Congress has offered him a plan which would hold the Iraqi's accountable and begin to wind down the war and get our troops out of harm's way. Four years after his failure to lead, President Bush should follow the wisdom of Congress, sign the bill and wind down U.S. involvement in the war in Iraq. If he does not, he will live up to the notion that this is the will of one nation versus the stubbornness of one man."
Alan Charney with USAction - a founding partner of Americans Against Escalation in Iraq - led a solemn ceremony which included remarks from Jonathan Powers, an Iraq war veteran, and a prayer offered by the Reverend Anthony J. Motley, President of the Greater Washington Council of Churches. l the speakers called on Bush to sign legislation to begin to wind down the war - legislation he has vowed to veto. At the end the crowd chanted solemnly "sign the bill, sign the bill."
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