21.   However, state officials reject that assertion.

22.   Huffington campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Grossman rejected the assertion.

23.   In a forceful rebuttal to U.N. spokesmen, Claes publicly rejected assertions that the Western alliance was afraid to carry out air strikes against the Bosnian Serbs.

24.   Israelis reject such assertions but acknowledge that they have resorted to unsavory tactics in the war against Hezbollah.

25.   Israeli Interior Minister Eliahu Suissa rejects this assertion.

26.   James also rejected assertions that the boy is blameless in the shooting, saying the child knew what he was doing.

27.   Jaradat rejected Israeli assertions that demolitions and punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority would spur it to suppress militant groups.

28.   Lieberman was one of several Democrats who rejected Republican assertions that Ashcroft was being subjected to a religious litmus test because of his outspoken beliefs.

29.   Once a Democrat, then a Republican, and now an independent, he rejected assertions that the dispute comes down to partisan politics.

30.   Prosecutors say Schwarz was the second officer and have rejected assertions that Wiese entered the bathroom after the attack.