奥巴马美国军事学院(22)

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...

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奥巴马美国军事学院(20)

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...

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奥巴马美国军事学院(19)

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...

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奥巴马美国军事学院(21)

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...

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奥巴马美国军事学院(23)

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...

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奥巴马美国军事学院(15)

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...

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奥巴马美国军事学院(14)

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...

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