In an interview today, Mr. Shami offered such confirmation proudly.

To Mr. Dunn, the inspector general's report offered only confirmation of what most people in the service, he said, already knew.

But one American official quoted in the book offered indirect confirmation of the assertion.

(The program offers scientific confirmation of the importance of these things as well.)

All of these shows offer confirmation of that.

And a few bits of equipment, worn or broken and cast aside, offered confirmation of this conclusion.

This offered independent confirmation of the study that suggested the existence of dark energy.

The report offered further confirmation that New Jersey parallels other national trends in child abuse deaths.

It may be of interest that I have a letter from Senator Kennedy offering further confirmation of this belief.

By avoiding a direct response, the ministry seemed to be offering tacit confirmation without painting itself into a corner.