During his speech in Salt Lake City on Mondy, President Bush for the first time mentioned the number of U.S. soldiers who have died in Iraq—a change in script that follows "months of painstakingly avoiding specific mention of the extent of American casualties in the war," notes Dan Froomkin. According to advisors, his gesture "was aimed in part at deflecting criticism [3] that he is not sensitive to the sacrifices imposed by his policies [4]."