1·The defence secretary ducked the question of whether the United States was winning the war.
该国防部长回避了美国是否在打赢这场战争的问题。
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2·The president has appointed a civilian as defence secretary.
总统任命了一位平民做国防部长。
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3·The Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was "a misinterpretation or misunderstanding".
国防部长迈克尔·波蒂略称此事为“误译或误解”。
4·They have also met on 18 foreign trips made by the defence secretary during that period.
在那段期间，他们还多次在防卫部门安排的国外之旅中18次相遇。
5·Robert Gates, his defence secretary, says that America is "tired of buying the same horse twice".
美国国防部长罗伯特盖茨称美国不会在同一个问题上犯两次错误的。
6·That, said Mr McCain, was the strategy of Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary who was sacked last year.
麦凯恩说那是唐纳德·拉姆斯·菲尔德的办法，这位防长已于去年被解雇了。
7·Investors face a world marked by "known and unknown unknowns", in the words of Donald Rumsfeld, a former American defence secretary.
用美国前防长拉姆斯·菲尔德的话来讲，投资者身处一个“已知的未知和未知的未知”的世界。
8·Robert Gates, then defence secretary, summed up the feelings of many when he said the US was "tired of buying the same horse twice".
当时的美国国防部长罗伯特·盖茨(Robert Gates)曾表示，美国“已经厌倦了两次都买同一匹马”。这一表态概括了许多人的感受。
9·Bob Ainsworth, the defence secretary, said only a few days ago: "I visited Sangin where we are holding more ground, the market is bustling, people are feeling safer."
防卫大臣鲍勃·安斯沃思几天前才说过：“我视察了桑金，那里我们收复了更多的土地，市场繁忙，人民更有安全感。”
10·The Secretary of State has made a robust defence of the agreement.
国务卿对这项协议进行了强有力的辩护。
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