奥巴马演讲 这是十年中选举后最多产的时期6
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Mike Emanuel.
 
   Thank you, Mr. President.  Merry Christmas.  
 
THE PRESIDENT:  Merry Christmas.
 
Q    Guantanamo, sir.  I understand a draft of an executive order is being prepared for you, and I don't expect you to comment then on that --
 
THE PRESIDENT:  Right.
 
Q    It hasn’t gotten to you yet.
 
THE PRESIDENT:  Yes.
 
Q   
But it makes me wonder where you are, sir, at about the two-year mark on Guantanamo, when closing it was one of your initial priorities, sir?
 
THE PRESIDENT:  Obviously, we haven’t gotten it closed.  And let me just step back and explain that the reason for wanting to close Guantanamo was because my number one priority is keeping the American people safe.  One of the most powerful tools we have to keep the American people safe is not providing al Qaeda and jihadists recruiting tools for fledgling(无经验的人) terrorists.
 
And Guantanamo is probably the number one recruitment tool that is used by these jihadist organizations.  And we see it in the websites that they put up.  We see it in the messages that they're delivering. 
 
And so my belief is that we can keep the American people safe, go after those who would engage in terrorism.  And my administration has been as aggressive in going after al Qaeda as any administration out there.  And we’ve seen progress, as I noted1 during the Afghan review.
 
Every intelligence report that we’re seeing shows that al Qaeda is more hunkered(蹲下,盘坐) down than they have been since the original invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, that they have reduced financing capacity, reduced operational capacity.  It is much more difficult for their top folks to communicate, and a lot of those top folks can’t communicate because they're underground now.
 
But it is important for us, even as we’re going aggressively after the bad guys, to make sure that we’re also living up to our values and our ideals and our principles.  And that's what closing Guantanamo is about -- not because I think that the people who are running Guantanamo are doing a bad job, but rather because it’s become a symbol.  And I think we can do just as good of a job housing them somewhere else.
 
Now, to the issue you had about the review.  You’re right, I won’t comment right now on a review that I have not received yet.  I can tell you that over the last two years, despite not having closed Guantanamo, we’ve been trying to put our battle against terrorists within a legal structure that is consistent with our history of rule of law.  And we’ve succeeded on a number of fronts.
 
One of the toughest problems is what to do with people that we know are dangerous, that we know are -- have engaged in terrorist activity, are proclaimed enemies of the United States, but because of the manner in which they were originally captured, the circumstances right after 9/11 in which they are interrogated2, it becomes difficult to try them whether in an Article III court or in a military commission.
 
Releasing them at this stage could potentially create greater danger for the American people.  And so how do we manage that?  And that's what this team has been looking at.  Are there ways for us to make sure these folks have lawyers, to make sure that these folks have the opportunity to challenge their detention3 -- but at the same time, making sure that we are not simply releasing folks who could do us grievous(痛苦的,剧烈的) harm and have shown a capacity and willingness to engage in brutal4 attacks in the past.
 
And so when I get that report, I’m sure that I’ll have more comments on it.  The bottom line is, is that striking this balance between our security and making sure that we are consistent with our values and our Constitution is not an easy task, but ultimately that's what’s required for practical reasons.
 
Because the more people are reminded of what makes America special -- the fact that we stand for something beyond just our economic power or our military might, but we have these core ideals that we observe even when it’s hard -- that's one of our most powerful weapons.  And I want to make sure that we don't lose that weapon in what is a serious struggle.
 
So with that, everybody, I want to wish you all a merry Christmas.  Happy holidays.  Happy New Year.  See you in 2011.



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1 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的,知名的
参考例句:
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
2 interrogated dfdeced7e24bd32e0007124bbc34eb71     
v.询问( interrogate的过去式和过去分词 );审问;(在计算机或其他机器上)查询
参考例句:
  • He was interrogated by the police for over 12 hours. 他被警察审问了12个多小时。
  • Two suspects are now being interrogated in connection with the killing. 与杀人案有关的两名嫌疑犯正在接受审讯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 detention 1vhxk     
n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下
参考例句:
  • He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
  • He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
4 brutal bSFyb     
adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的
参考例句:
  • She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
  • They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼,骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
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