The phrase "asserted how" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward or unclear.
It can be used when someone is stating or claiming the manner or way in which something is done, but it is often better to use clearer alternatives.
Example: "She asserted how the new policy would improve employee morale."
Alternatives: "claimed that" or "stated how".
Its scientists dug up anthrax bombs and prepared a detailed report that would explain, they asserted, how they disposed of 1.5 tons of deadly VX nerve gas in a dirt pit in 1991.
Hedged with these qualifications, the declaration is merely symbolic, much like George W. Bush's letter to Ariel Sharon in April, 2004, which asserted how "unrealistic" it was to expect from Israel "a full return" to the 1967 borders.
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If Gul had provided all the information on Kuwaiti to the CIA and the CIA did not wish to share this information with the ISI, as asserted, how can their releasing him to ISI custody make any kind of sense?
The 34-year-old from Essex could have doubled his fame overnight by accepting the role, but he has re-asserted how he is happy to have turned down not only the film adaption of EL James' bestseller, but other big Hollywood gigs too.
"Step Up to the Plate" asserts how family, in multifarious ways, can be the most deeply affecting of ensembles.
The second law of mechanics generalized the work of Galileo and Descartes on terrestrial dynamics, asserting how bodies generally move when they are subjected to external forces.
Major General Yossi Peled, one of the commanders who drafted the directive, told Haaretz that its purpose was to assert how far the military could go to prevent abductions.
But you will have been amazed at many things, and perhaps even cry aloud a few times, asserting how much easier it would be to choose the second alternative in this franchise's title than the first.
And then there is also the presence of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who while not black, openly asserts how her life experiences – that of a minority woman coming from an underprivileged background – adds value to the court.
Political etiquette requires potential vice-presidential picks to deny any interest in the post and assert how much they love their present job, all the while coyly batting their eyelashes at the nominee to signal their availability.
