Missing Word?

If you watch/read media coverage of the Oval Office address last night, you'll hear/read that the Bush administration is somehow admitting mistakes in the conduct of the war. (For example, Kelly O'Donnell on NBC, "candid assessment of mistakes," just now.)

But if you search the text, you won't find the word "mistake." Not even a Reaganesque "Mistakes were made," in the passive voice.

This is about as close as he got:

In all three aspects of our strategy -- security, democracy, and reconstruction -- we have learned from our experiences, and fixed what has not worked. We will continue to listen to honest criticism, and make every change that will help us complete the mission. Yet there is a difference between honest critics who recognize what is wrong, and defeatists who refuse to see that anything is right.

"Experiences." Right. Same thing as mistakes, really.