How to pronounce “attests” in English

"What's the point of having this superb military that you're always talking about," Madeleine Albright famously demanded of General Colin Powell, "if we can't use it?"As Albright's question attests and as Barack Obama's inclination to use force has affirmed, when it comes to advocating the use of force, Democrats canbe positively gung-ho. Even among left-liberal activists, the reflexive anti-militarism of the 1960s has given way to a more