Obama's Iraq: Pledge kept, not "Mission Accomplished"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Don't look for a "Mission Accomplished" moment when President Barack Obama makes a major address to the American public on Tuesday about the end of 7-1/2 years of U.S. combat in Iraq.

Obama risks a misstep that could haunt him in the future if he comes across as too triumphant, especially with 50,000 U.S. troops still in the country. But with the U.S. jobless rate at 9.5 percent and contentious congressional elections just two months away, Iraq is not on most Americans' minds.