Washington publicly asserts that no such plan is being discussed.

But he needed another, more political vehicle to publicly assert his independence.

But today was the first time that China has publicly asserted owning such technology.

He has allowed a number of individuals and groups to publicly assert that they are advising him, while saying little himself.

Moreover, some of what they said went beyond what has been asserted publicly.

Bush publicly asserted that he agreed "1,000 percent" with Planned Parenthood.

Carla Bruni keeps publicly asserting how discreet she wants to be about her baby, due any day now.

Mr. Kane is credited with starting the bad blood by publicly asserting that the government set the initial stock price too high.

During Aziz's trial, he publicly asserts that it is a scientific fact that dark men lust after white women.