George W. Bush's performance with the "Mission Accomplished" banner — a rhetorical victory lap that came before the protracted bloodshed — deserves all of its notoriety 20 years later.

Twenty years ago today, on May 1, 2003, then-President George W. Bush stood on ... As President Bush taught us, mission accomplished can be declared at any time. But that doesn’t make it true ...

A senior US official warned that George W Bush believed he was on a “mission ... the president famously declared “mission accomplished” following the overthrow of the Iraqi dictator Saddam ...

President Joe Biden has announced that a new aircraft carrier will be named after former President George W. Bush, who infamously made a premature “Mission Accomplished” declaration on a ...

Clinton, USS George W. Bush and every other ship in our fleet. And may God continue to bless our troops. President Bush famously delivered his controversial “Mission Accomplished” speech ...

George Bush thought of the Iraq War as a ‘mission ... Less than one year after Bush notoriously declared ‘mission accomplished’ after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the offensive in Fallujah ...

George Bush’s deputy secretary of state hoped ... Less than one year after Bush notoriously declared ‘mission accomplished’ after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the offensive in Fallujah ...