Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.

The Times says this meeting was confirmed by a White House aide, while the Post says the White House declined to comment about it and has refused to release the relevant entry logs.
The Times says thiswas confirmed by a White House aide, while the Post says the White House declined to comment about it.

"[As far as the English quotation is concerned, one would expect it to be traceable to the Tyndale or King James Version, not scripture of a date nearly a millennium earlier."
As far as the English quotation is concerned, it is traceable to the Tyndale or King James Version.

Hargarten observed that the impediments to publishing seem to be lessening, and that the work of Cherpitel and others is vital.
Hargarten observed that the impediments to publishing seem to be less, and Cherpitel is vital.