"I must say that even though he said — and I read his statement — that he considers himself a European, a citizen of the world, I know for a fact that he considers himself a Frenchman," Mr. Putin said.
Regarding the interim city manager post, Davis said in a statement that he considers it an honor "to be entrusted with helping maintain the high standards we've come to expect here".
Within another hour Paterson's office had released a statement saying that he considered Kennedy a friend and that no information had arisen during his vetting process that would cause any candidate to withdraw.
Despite Mr. Ban's statements that he considers human rights a priority, his spokesman, Martin Nesirky, said the secretary general avoided the subject when he met the Chinese leader in Beijing.
In his statement, Mr. Crowe said that he considered "such sweetheart deals, even if they may be technically legal, to be wrong".
In a brief public statement, he said that he considered the verdict as "totally fair, just and a complete vindication".
He engaged in more than a little sardonic humor in his statement and hinted that he considered the recount effort illegitimate, faulting federal Judge Mark Goldsmith for allowing it to proceed in the first place.
Then he made a brief statement that seemed to indicate that he considered salvaging the equipment on board the Kursk more important than rescuing the crew.
The Government has succeeded in withholding some information from the public proceedings on the grounds of national security and argued that the inquest should continue - despite a statement from Sir Robert that he considers that the removal of the evidence makes it impossible for him to answer key questions such as whether there was state involvement in Mr Litvinenko's death.
The mother of one of his victims, who has not been identified, said in a statement: "It is utterly contemptible that he considers he should serve even one day less of the sentence he rightly deserved".
