That includes resolving the issue of U.S.military bases in Okinawa.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

This becomes a very, very large issue because the notion that there should be a real connection between citizenship in the full sense and military performance is totally a Greek idea--I mean, the Greeks just totally accept that idea.

这是一个很大的问题,因为完全意义上的公民,和参与军事行动是相联系的,这个观念完全是希腊式的,我指的是,被希腊人广泛接受的观念

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You have to show those visible signs,". Admiral Mullen said the U.S.government is "extremely concerned" about corruption in Afghanistan, and that if the issue is not addressed, any U.S.and international military effort will not succeed.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"Obviously there is a bit of a spread between those two figures and it suggests the possibility of some political problems for the president if he should not take the military recommendation and that difference gets to be a big issue,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.09