OK, Fred Brooks and I had been asked to brief the Secretary of Defense, and that gave me an excuse.

嗯，是弗雷德布鲁克斯和我被要求做简报，这给了我一个借口。

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"Our Navy can carry twice as many aircraft at sea as all the rest of the world combined," outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pointed out last year.

“我们海军在海上可搭载飞机的总数量，是世界其他海军搭载飞机数量总和的两倍。”美国国防部长罗伯特·盖茨去年就曾指出过。

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The Defense Secretary gave an upbeat assessment of the war so far.

国防部长对迄今为止的战事进行了乐观的评价。

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