Cherry defended his comments by stating "Well, what can I tell you?

The secretary defended his comments as appropriate to balance public disclosure of the investigation.

Mr. Puccio defended his comments today as appropriate for a lawyer representing an innocent man.

I put money on him not returning to this thread to defend his comments.

Gibson later defended his comments and rejected calls to apologize.

But at a news conference yesterday, the Mayor was less restrained in defending his earlier comments.

Paige defended his comments, suggesting that he was being rushed to end the bulletin on time.

A further tweet yesterday continued the theme, as the tycoon apparently defended his comments from criticism.

Vines initially defended his comments and invited "Muslim scholars to explain their own documents to us all."

Kurtz quoted Greenhouse defending her comments, calling them "statements of fact," not opinion.