The phrase "acknowledge his statement" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of recognizing or accepting someone's statement or opinion.
Example: "During the meeting, the manager chose to acknowledge his statement about the project's timeline."
Alternatives: "recognize his statement" or "accept his statement."
Mr. Fukuda was speaking to reporters on the condition that he not be identified, but the harshly critical reactions from Japan's neighbors and calls from opposition parties for the resignation of the official who made the comments prompted Mr. Fukuda to step forward today and acknowledge his statements.
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Mr. Du, who lives in China, decided in recent weeks to openly acknowledge his role in a statement that is quoted in the forthcoming Chinese edition of the memoir but not available in time for the English edition.
Even Sanford Weill, who headed Citigroup after pushing for the reversal of Glass-Steagall, had the good sense to acknowledge his mistake, saying in a statement a year ago: "What we should probably do is go and split up investment banking from banking.
Mr. North has previously acknowledged his untruthful statements at the meeting, but Dan K. Webb, the chief prosecution lawyer in the trial of Mr. Poindexter, seized on the admission in an apparent effort to suggest that Mr. North's lies were part of a conspiracy to deceive Congress.
"Bernard Kerik has acknowledged his violations," the statement said, "but this should be evaluated in light of his service to the United States of America and the city of New York".
Its readers remain faithful to the president, a fact that Mr. Bannon seemed to acknowledge in his statement on Sunday.
Soon after the March hearing, Dickas called a senior member of Clapper's staff and requested that Clapper acknowledge that his statement had been wrong.
Brennan did acknowledge in his statement, however, that "the detention and interrogation program had shortcomings and that the Agency made mistakes," adding that "the most serious problems occurred early on" because the CIA was not fully prepared to carry out such a massive initiative.
He did not acknowledge in his statement that the university did anything wrong. .
