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To: Repeal The 17th

The banner stating “Mission Accomplished” was a focal point of controversy and criticism. Navy Commander and Pentagon spokesman Conrad Chun said the banner referred specifically to the aircraft carrier’s 10-month deployment (which was the longest deployment of a carrier since the Vietnam War) and not the war itself, saying “It truly did signify a mission accomplished for the crew.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Accomplished_speech


70 posted on 09/24/2014 5:22:31 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

I have occasionally been assigned to week long business trips to Cleveland, Camden, and Lufkin.


74 posted on 09/24/2014 5:39:09 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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