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Article: Text of President George W. Bush's speech aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln
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- May 2, 2003
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Dateline: ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Remarks by President George W. Bush announcing the end of major combat
operations in Iraq Thursday evening from the deck of the aircraft
carrier USS Abraham Lincoln:
Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham
Lincoln, my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have
ended. In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have
prevailed. And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing
that country.
In this battle, we have fought for the cause of liberty, and for the
peace of the world. Our nation and our coalition are proud of this
accomplishment _ yet it is you, the ...