When "No Animal May Sleep in a Bed" becomes "No Animal May Sleep in a Bed With Sheets"

I completely forgot to link to this story yesterday. One of the first things I heard when I woke up was the story about yesterday being the five year anniversary of President George Bush's (in)famous "Mission Accomplished" speech. The morning pundits dangled a quote from White House Spokeswoman Dana Perino, wherein she attempted to tweak, shape, and mold the context of the quote to better fit with today's war environment. Witness:

"President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been much more specific, and said, 'Mission Accomplished For These Sailors Who Are On This Ship On Their Mission,'" said spokeswoman Dana Perino."

Aside from the blatant exercise in newspeak, I'm curious: what mission? The sailors on this ship on their mission? Aside from that phrase being a horrendously long slogan to place on a banner, the phrase (excuse) makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. You see, those sailors were on board USS Abraham Lincoln, who was operating off the coast of San Diego at the time.

The only way Perino's cover up makes sense is if the "mission" Bush was referring to was USS Lincoln's successful completion of flight operations, but somehow I doubt that's the case.