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Like Eisenhower, this generation of men and women in uniform know all too well the wages of war and that includes those of you here at West Point 同艾森豪威尔一样 这一代身着军装的年轻人 也都非常清楚战争的代价 你们西点人肯定知道这一点 Four of the servicemembers who stood in the audience when I announced the surge of our forces in Afghanistan gave their lives in that effort 在...
In such circumstances, we have to work with others because collective action in these circumstances is more likely to succeed 这些情况下 我们需要同他人合作原因在于 这些情况下 联合行动更有可能取得成功 more likely to be sustained less likely to lead to costly mistakes 更有可能持久更不容易出现代价沉重的错误 This leads to my second point: 这就引出了我的第二点 For the foreseeable...
For you will be part of that leadership 毕竟你们以后都将成为军队领导中的一员 First, let me repeat a principle I put forward at the outset of my presidency: 首先 请让我重申我在总统任期伊始便已明确的原则 The United States will use military force unilaterally if necessary, when our core interests demand it 美国在核心利益受到侵害时 会毫不犹豫地采取单方面军事行动 when our people ...
We can't exempt ourselves from the rules that apply to everybody else 我们不能只要求别的国家遵守国际规则 而自己逍遥法外 We can't call on others to make commitments to combat climate change if a whole lot of our political leaders deny that it's taking place 我们不能只要求别的国家在对抗气候变化方面作出承诺而自己国家的好多政治领导者都否认气候变化正在发生 We can'...
Our intelligence community has done outstanding work and we have to continue to protect sources and methods 情报部门的工作非常出色 我们需要继续保护情报来源和获取方法 But when we cannot explain our efforts clearly and publicly we face terrorist propaganda and international suspicion 但如果我们不能清楚地向公众解释各项行动 我们就会给恐怖主义宣传留下口实 就会面临国际上的质疑 we ...
including training security forces in Yemen who have gone on the offensive against al Qaeda 包括训练已对基地组织发动攻势的也门安全部队 supporting a multinational force to keep the peace in Somalia working with European allies to train a functioning security force and border patrol in Libya 支援维持索马里和平的多国部队同欧洲盟友一起训练利比亚的安全部队和边境巡逻部队 and facil...
We need partners to fight terrorists alongside us 我们需要合作伙伴 同我们并肩对抗恐怖主义者 And empowering partners is a large part of what we have done and what we are currently doing in Afghanistan 提高伙伴的反恐能力 也正是我们在阿富汗一直在做的事 Together with our allies, America struck huge blows against al Qaeda core and pushed back against an insurgency that threatened...
Likewise, the U.N. provides a platform to keep the peace in states torn apart by conflict 类似地 联合国提供了一个平台为冲突频发的国家争取和平 Now we need to make sure that those nations who provide peacekeepers have the training and equipment to actually keep the peace 现在 我们需要确保 这些帮助维和的国家能够拥有维持和平所必需的训练和装备 so that we can prevent the type of k...
America does not simply stand for stability or the absence of conflict no matter what the cost 美国并非希望不择手段 追求稳定与和平 We stand for the more lasting peace that can only come through opportunity and freedom for people everywhere 我们坚信持久的和平 只能通过各地人民享有同等的机会和自由来实现 Which brings me to the fourth and final element of American leadership: 这...
And you will embody what it means for America to lead the world 你们将以实际行动 体现出美国在世界上的领导 Next week, I will go to Normandy to honor the men who stormed the beaches there 下周 我将赴诺曼底纪念当年在那登陆的先驱 And while it's hard for many Americans to comprehend the courage and sense of duty that guided those who boarded small ships it's familiar to y...
Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you all so much. Thank you. Well, you guys rest yourselves. You’ve been very busy. (Laughter.) You’re being spoken to a lot. I hear my husband was here. (Laughter.) But it is truly a pleasure to be here with all of you today, and I want to thank you so much for joining us for this year’s College Opportunity Day of Action. You should be proud. We’...
American leadership 美国领导 In each of these cases, we should not expect change to happen overnight 所有这些情况下 我们都不应当指望变化在一夜间实现 That's why we form alliances not just with governments, but also with ordinary people 正因为如此 我们才同政府 甚至普通民众建立起联盟 For unlike other nations, America is not afraid of individual empowerment we are strengthen...
Technology is empowering civil society in ways that no iron fist can control 科技让公民社会变得更加强大这是任何"铁拳"都无法掌控的 New breakthroughs are lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty 新的突破正让数以亿计的人摆脱贫困 And even the upheaval of the Arab World reflects the rejection of an authoritarian order that was anything but stable 甚至阿拉伯...
Start by volunteering at an after-school program 例如在课后项目中担任志愿者 or helping some high school kids fill out their college applications 或是帮助高中学生填报大学志愿 Show them the path that you took 跟他们展示你的人生轨迹 Or you can think a little bigger 你也可以从大处着眼 you can get your entire congregation or your community to start a mentoring program 例如在整个...
This should be one of the hard-earned lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan where our military became the strongest advocate for diplomacy and development 这是伊拉克和阿富汗的艰苦经历告诉我们的我们的军队已经成为外交和发展最有力的倡导者 They understood that foreign assistance is not an afterthought something nice to do apart from our national defense, apart from our national securi...
We have been through a long season of war 我们经历了漫长的战争 We have faced trials that were not foreseen 我们面临过无法预见的考验 And we've seen divisions about how to move forward 也产生过关于如何前进的分歧 But there is something in Gavin's character 不过加文有一种品质 There is something in the American character that will always triumph 我们美国人具有一种品质 这...
Similarly, despite frequent warnings from the United States and Israel and others the Iranian nuclear program steadily advanced for years 类似地 不顾美国 以色列等国家的频繁警告伊朗一意孤行 多年来一直推进着核计划 But at the beginning of my presidency we built a coalition that imposed sanctions on the Iranian economy while extending the hand of diplomacy to the Iranian governm...
Now, there are a lot of folks, a lot of skeptics who often downplay the effectiveness of multilateral action 有很多质疑者 经常贬低多边行动的有效性 For them, working through international institutions like the U.N. or respecting international law is a sign of weakness 在他们看来 通过联合国这样的国际机构 或是尊重国际法来解决问题 是美国示弱的信号 I think they're wrong 我认...
Hi! How are you all doing? Are you sure?Well, let me just tell you, it is beyond a pleasure and an honor to be here with all of you today. I want to start by thanking President Krislov for that very kind introduction, as well as all of the trustees, the faculty, the staff here at Oberlin. I also want to tell you how proud and how moved I am to receive this honorary degree fr...
MRS. OBAMA: Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you so much. (Applause.) Let's let our graduates rest themselves. You've worked hard for those seats! (Applause.) Let me start by thanking President Johnson for that very gracious introduction, and for awarding me with this honorary degree from an extraordinary institution. I am proud to have this degree – very proud. (App...