2007年VOA标准英语-US Senate Examines Critical Pentagon Report on
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By Deborah Tate
Capitol Hill
09 February 2007
A U.S. Senate panel Friday opened hearings on an internal Defense 1 Department report criticizing the intelligence work on Iraq by senior civilian 2 officials before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill.
Thomas Gimble testifies on Capitol Hill, 9 Feb 2007
In testimony 3 before the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Defense Department's acting 4 inspector 5 general, Thomas Gimble, said the conclusion reached in 2002 by former undersecretary for policy Douglas Feith that there were ties between Iraq and al-Qaida was not supported by the intelligence community.
"We found that the office of the undersecretary of defense for policy developed, produced and disseminated 6 alternative intelligence assessments 7 on Iraq-al Qaida relations, which included conclusions inconsistent with the consensus 8 of the intelligence community, and these were presented to senior decision makers," he said.
Democrats 10, who have long accused the Bush administration of manipulating intelligence to make the case for war, reacted strongly to the report.
Sen. Carl Levin, center, flanked by Sen. James Webb, left, and Sen. James Inhofe, on Capitol Hill, 9 Feb 2007
"The inspector general's report is a devastating 11 condemnation 12 of inappropriate activities by the DoD policy office that helped take this nation to war," said Senator Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat 9, who is chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
Under questioning by Republicans, Inspector General Gimble acknowledged that the activities of the Pentagon's policy office were not illegal or unauthorized, although he did describe them as inappropriate.
But Republicans argued that the policy office's work analyzing 13 intelligence gathered by intelligence agencies was very appropriate.
Senator Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican, made the point as an anti-war protester sought to disrupt the proceedings 14.
"There is a group of people who think there were staffers that were part of some cabal 15 to start a war for oil or some such thing as that, and were not committed to the decency 16 of America, and try to make this country better, and that they cooked up all of this stuff," he said. "I think your report shows that that is absolutely untrue. There was basis on which these issues were raised, these issues are often in dispute and difficult to know what the real facts are."
At the White House, spokeswoman Dana Perino said President Bush has revamped the intelligence community to ensure that flawed intelligence does not impact policy decisions again.
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
- He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
- The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
- Their findings have been widely disseminated . 他们的研究成果已经广为传播。
- Berkovitz had contracted polio after ingesting a vaccine disseminated under federal supervision. 伯考维茨在接种了在联邦监督下分发的牛痘疫苗后传染上脊髓灰质炎。
- He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句
- Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
- What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
- There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
- The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。
- Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
- He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
- He had been chosen by a secret government cabal.他已被一个秘密的政府阴谋集团选中。
- The illegal aspects of the cabal's governance are glaring and ubiquitous.黑暗势力的非法统治是显而易见的并无处不在。