A spokesman also asserted that the service would "rather have the machines sitting there waiting than have excess pilots trained with no aircraft to fly."

"The changes to our signage were not due to any campaign," a spokesman asserted.

Asked whether both would be corporate president, a spokesman replied, "exactly," and asserted that other companies had similar arrangements.

Military spokesmen have routinely asserted that the detainees receive excellent medical care.

There were no such undercover forces, spokesmen asserted then.

If they were surprised by what happened, as spokesmen assert, that's a shocking confession of laxity.

The spokesman asserted that the company had broken no laws.

At the Pentagon, a spokesman asserted that he knew nothing about the conversation.

"That statement is still absolutely the case," the spokesman asserted.

"We are responding to his request," the spokesman asserted.