国防部长

The defense chief promised that the militarys investigation into the killings would receive the Pentagons highest-priority attention.

国防部长承诺，对于此次枪杀事件的军事调查将受到五角大楼方面最高程度的关注。

The defense chief promised that the militarys investigation into the killings would receive the Pentagons highest-priority attention.

国防部长承诺五角大楼将高度重视对这一事件的调查。

The advice of the Surgeons General was made available to the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense as necessary.

卫生局长的建议有必要被提供给国防部长助理。

He also sent a strong signal that he understood the depth of popular feeling about the Iraq war by announcing that he will replace his defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, a man who has become a symbol of everything that has gone wrong in Iraq, with Robert Gates, a relatively straight-shooting former head of the CIA.

他也发出了强烈信号，说他理解民众深刻的感受，宣布他将撤换国防部长拉姆斯菲尔德，拉氏已经成了伊拉克所有错误的标志，防长继任者为中情局的前负责人罗伯特

He also sent a strong signal that he understood the depth of popular feeling about the Iraq war by announcing that he will replace his defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, a man who has become a symbol of everything that has gone wrong in Iraq, with Robert Gates, a relatively straight-shooting former head of the CIA.

他也发出了强烈信号，说他理解民众深刻的感受，宣布他将撤换国防部长拉姆斯菲尔德，拉氏已经成了伊拉克所有错误的标志，防长继任者为中情局的前负责人罗伯特？盖茨，相对而言，他坦白正直。

This is why alarm bells should be ringing all over Washington about The New York Times' disclosure that then-Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld encouraged a secret Pentagon program to care for and spoon-feed more than 50 retired senior military officers whom the administration deemed reliable friends who could be counted on "to carry our water" on the television and cable networks.

这就是为什麼敲响了警钟，应振铃所有超过华盛顿对新的纽约时报披露当时的局长国防部长拉姆斯菲尔德鼓励一个秘密，五角大楼计划向关心和填鸭式饲料50多个退休的高级军事官员，其中政府被视为可靠的朋友，谁可以指望&进行我们的水&在电视和有线广播电视网络。

This is why alarm bells should be ringing all over Washington about The New York Times' disclosure that then-Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld encouraged a secret Pentagon program to care for and spoon-feed more than 50 retired senior military officers whom the administration deemed reliable friends who could be counted on "to carry our water" on the television and cable networks.

这就是为什么敲响了警钟，应振铃所有超过华盛顿对新的纽约时报披露当时的局长国防部长拉姆斯菲尔德鼓励一个秘密，五角大楼计划向关心和填鸭式饲料50多个退休的高级军事官员，其中政府被视为可靠的朋友，谁可以指望&进行我们的水&在电视和有线广播电视网络。

During Rumsfeld's six years in office, the 74-year-old civilian military chief was a lightning rod for criticism of Bush's policies and became known for his sometimes Delphic comments as he dodged verbal bullets.

拉姆斯菲尔德在任6年，这位74岁的国防部长是布什政府遭受批判的避雷针。而他也因在躲避流言蜚语时偶尔会作出模凌两可的评论而出名。

Then in December, 2009, following ongoing communications, the Chief of Defence stated in a letter to UFOCUS NZ, I am pleased to be able to inform you that two NZDF officers have begun the task of assessing classified files held in relation to this topic with a view to declassification.

然后在2009年12月，接着不断交涉中，国防部长在信中对UFOCUS NZ写道：我很高兴的通知你，两个NZDF官员已经开始评估与这一话题相关机密文件为了从机密表中删除的工作。

His outgoing defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, wrote a memorandum just before he was defenestrated, admitting that the current policy in Iraq was not working.

即将离任的国防部长唐纳德·拉姆斯菲尔德在他被赶下台前写的一份备忘录中承认，目前在伊拉克推行的政策并没有取得成功。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。