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  • Obama Announces New Strategy for Afghanistan
  • 欧巴马宣佈阿富汗新战略
  •   U.S. President Barack Obama has announced a new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan that includes sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan and a greater emphasis on regional diplomacy.
  • 欧巴马总统宣佈一项阿富汗和巴基斯坦的新战略,包括向阿富汗增派更多部队,并侧重区域外交活动。

  •   At the White House Friday, Mr. Obama said the situation in Afghanistan is "increasingly perilous," noting that attacks against American troops, NATO allies and the Afghan government have risen steadily in the seven years since the Taliban was removed from power.
  • 欧巴马星期五在白宫说,阿富汗的局势“日趋危险”;他指出,自从 7 年前塔利班被赶走以来,针对美军、北约盟军和阿富汗政府的攻击活动在稳步上升。

  •   He said that al Qaida and its allies are in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and that al-Qaida is actively planning attacks on the United States homeland from its safe haven in Pakistan.
  • 他说,在巴基斯坦的安全保护区里,基地组织及其在巴基斯坦和阿富汗的盟友加紧策划对美国本土的攻击。

  •   He said the goal of the new strategy is to disrupt, dismantle and destroy al-Qaida and its allies, remove their safe havens in Pakistan, and prevent them from regrouping in Afghanistan.
  • 他说,新战略的目标是挫败和摧毁基地组织及其盟友,剷除他们在巴基斯坦的安全保护区,防止他们在阿富汗重新集结。

  •   U.S. officials say for the first time, U.S. diplomacy will be based on the premise that Afghanistan and Pakistan are intertwined, as one official put it: "they are two countries, but one challenge."
  • 美国官员表示,美国首次有一个基於阿富汗和巴基斯坦两国局势的综合外交政策;一名美国官员说:“他们是两个国家,但却是同一个挑战。”

  •   Officials say the United States will seek international cooperation, reaching out to countries such as Russia, China, India and even Iran.
  • 有关官员说,美国将谋求国际合作,同俄罗斯、中国、印度,甚至伊朗进行接触。

  •   President Obama says 4,000 additional troops will be sent to Afghanistan to train Afghan armed forces.
  • 美国总统欧巴马说,将增派 4000 人的部队去训练阿富汗的武装部队。

  •   Adding to the 17,000 additional troops the president wants deployed to the country in the next months.
  • 这批部队不算在将於今后几个月内向阿富汗增援的 1 万 7 千人部队之中。

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  • Obama to Meet With Top US Bankers
  • 欧巴马将会见美国顶级银行家
  •   U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with the heads of several of the nation's leading banks Friday to discuss his administration's strategies for boosting the U.S. economy.
  • 美国总统欧巴马星期五将会见几家美国大银行的领导人,讨论其政府振兴美国经济的策略。

  •   The meeting caps a busy week for Mr. Obama and his economic team.
  • 这次会谈将為欧巴马和他的经济团队忙碌的一週划下句号。

  •   The administration announced a plan Monday to remove up to $1 trillion in so-called "toxic assets" from the balance sheets of troubled banks, through a partnership between the government and private investors.
  • 欧巴马政府星期一宣佈了一项计划,通过政府与民间投资者的合作,从陷入困境的银行的资產负债表中去掉多达 1 万亿美元的“有毒资產”。

  •   On Thursday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged lawmakers to approve the administration's plan to expand the government's powers to monitor large financial firms.
  • 美国财政部长盖特纳星期四敦促立法者批准政府扩大对大型金融公司监督权的方案。

  •   Economic data published Friday shows a bit of good news, as consumer spending rose slightly in February.
  • 星期五公佈的经济数据显示了一些好消息,2 月份的消费者支出有所上升。

  •   It is the second month in a row that spending grew.
  • 这是连续第二个月消费者支出增长。

  •   Economists track consumer spending because consumer demand drives two-thirds of U.S. economic activity.
  • 经济学家跟踪消费者支出的数据,是因為美国叁分之二的经济活动由消费者需求所驱动。

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