In 2001, Koo publicly affirmed that the meeting did not result in a consensus on the issue of "one-China."

He thus became the first Cosa Nostra mobster to publicly affirm the organization's existence.

"Those who were pregnant were counseled to seek abortions, even though Scientology publicly affirmed a pro-life position," wrote Sly.

At that time, Dr. Summers publicly affirmed his commitment to affirmative action, and Harvard subsequently created several new positions in that department.

Reilly did not publicly affirm his homosexuality until his one-man show, Save It for the Stage.

In 1893, he publicly affirmed his position as a Marxist and a socialist.

Mr. O'Rourke said that the code "publicly affirms our belief that local governments have a responsibility for the environment."

And with those three words Prince William publicly affirmed that this, should we have any lingering doubts, was truly a love match.