"They have lost their minds," said the Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, on Monday night — a comment that, on the evidence, seemed less a partisan attack than a simple, regrettable statement of fact.
That's a highly regrettable statement.
Guido Westerwelle, the German foreign minister, opined that Mr Orbán's statement was "a regrettable lapse that we clearly reject".
But friends of Mr Mitchell tell the BBC the statement is "a regrettable non-apology".
But the BBC News Channel's chief political correspondent Norman Smith said friends of Mr Mitchell - some of whom have accused the officers of lying - regarded the statement as "a regrettable non apology".
The statement said the agreement was a regrettable intervention in the talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
"This is a regrettable situation for all parties concerned," Mr. Lott said in a statement released by his office.
In a statement, the officials said they had taken a "regrettable, but a necessary action" after learning parents were planning a sit-in.
"This was a regrettable event that the city has taken complete responsibility for," mayor Steve Widmyer said in a statement.
According to a statement obtained by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, Stepien called the inclusion of Kelly's love life "a regrettable distraction".
