"Mission accomplished" banner was a mistake: BushUS President George George, river, c.345 mi (560 km) long, rising in a lake on the Quebec-Labrador boundary, E Canada. It flows N through Indian Lake (125 sq mi/324 sq km) to Ungava Bay (an arm of Hudson Strait). W. Bush admitted on Monday Monday: see week. that it had been a mistake in 2003 to hang a banner Same as banner ad. 1. banner - The title page added to printouts by most print spoolers. Typically includes user or account ID information in very large character-graphics capitals. saying "mission accomplished" on an aircraft carrier as he declared major combat operations in Iraq Iraq or Irak (both: ēräk`, ĭrăk`), officially Republic of Iraq, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,075,000), 167,924 sq mi (434,924 sq km), SW Asia. over. "Clearly, putting a 'mission accomplished' on an aircraft carrier was a mistake," Bush said when asked at what is likely to be his final press conference about what he would have done differently during his eight years in office. The conflict in Iraq launched with the US-led invasion in March 2003 is now approaching its sixth anniversary and thousands of US troops remain in the country. 
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