10-30-09

 

10-30-09

奥巴马和将领磋商阿富汗策略 (Obama Consults Military Leaders, Nears Afghan Troop Decision)

美国总统奥巴马星期五继续和军方高层官员进行磋商，目前，他正在考虑是否向阿富汗增派军队。

奥巴马将在白宫和参谋长联席会议成员会面，他们是来自空军、陆军、海军和海军陆战队的军方领导人。

五角大楼发言人表示，在举行这次会议之际，总统已经进入了决策过程的“最后阶段”。奥巴马一直在审议阿富汗战争的各种选择方案，包括驻阿美军最高指挥官麦克里斯特尔将军提出的增兵4万人的要求。

星期五，美国国务卿克林顿在接受美国广播公司的采访时说，美国正在寻求改变其阿富汗反暴乱战略的走向。她表示，白宫希望避免重复走她所谓的"同一条老路"。

U.S. President Barack Obama is consulting with top military officials Friday, as he considers whether to send additional forces to Afghanistan.

Mr. Obama will meet at the White House with the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- military leaders from the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines.

A Pentagon spokesman (Geoff Morrell) says the meeting comes as the president reaches the "end stage" of his decision-making process on Afghanistan. Mr. Obama has been reviewing strategy options for the war in Afghanistan, including a request from the top U.S. commander in the country, General Stanley McChrystal, for 40,000 more troops.

On Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a U.S. television network (ABC) the United States is looking to change its counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan. She said Washington wants to avoid a repeat of what she called the "same old approach."

 

in‧sur‧gen‧cy / ɪn’sɜːdʒənsi $ -ɜːr- / noun ( plural insurgencies ) [ uncountable and countable ] formal

an attempt by a group of people to take control of their government using force and violence [= rebellion ] → counterinsurgency

 

据报伊朗拒绝联合国核提议 (Iran Reportedly Rejects U.N. Nuclear Deal)

据报导，伊朗已经拒绝了由联合国斡旋的一项铀浓缩计划。

熟悉谈判情况的西方国家官员说，伊朗对联合国的国际原子能机构表示，它不会接受将铀运往国外进行低度浓缩的提议。

这项提议的目的是为了防止伊朗将铀浓缩到能够制造核武器的水平。参加谈判的美国、俄罗斯和法国已经同意了这项提议。

国际原子能机构说，他们星期四收到了伊朗对于该计划的“初步”回应，但没有透露任何细节。

欧盟领导人星期五敦促伊朗尽快同意这项计划，并表示这将有助于建立互信。

Iran is reported to have rejected a United Nations-brokered uranium enrichment plan.

A Western official close to the negotiations with Tehran says Iran told the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency that it will not accept the plan to ship its uranium abroad for low-level enrichment.

The proposal is aimed at preventing Iran from enriching uranium to the point that it can be used for nuclear weapons. It has already been agreed to by the other parties involved in the negotiations -- the United States, Russia and France.

The IAEA said it received Iran's "initial" response to the plan Thursday, but did not provide any details.

European Union leaders Friday urged Iran to accept the deal, saying this would help "build confidence."

 

broker 2 verb [ transitive ]

broker a deal/settlement/treaty etc to arrange the details of a deal etc so that everyone can agree to it :

a ceasefire agreement brokered by the UN