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fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 08:51 PM Jun 2014

CNN's Jim Acosta at News Conference today

He asked the President if he weren't afraid that the soldiers going to Iraq to support the Iraqis with help and information might turn into a ...... here's where I couldn't understand what Acosta was saying.......a "mission (sounds like) creep."

Anybody knw what he said - the President repeated the phrase in his reply, but I couldn't understand him either...never heard that before....

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CNN's Jim Acosta at News Conference today (Original Post) fadedrose Jun 2014 OP
Mission creep MaggieD Jun 2014 #1
Isn't that what happened in Viet Nam? spartan61 Jun 2014 #2
 

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
1. Mission creep
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 08:54 PM
Jun 2014

... is when you start out with a limited plan or objective and the mission expands and expands gradually despite the initial intentions.

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