VOA标准英语2012--US Embassy Security Beefed Up Despite Diplomatic Cost
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
US Embassy Security Beefed Up Despite Diplomatic Cost
After the September 11 attack in Benghazi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton convened 1 an Accountability Review Board to investigate.
The panel's vice 2 chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen, presented the findings on December 18.
"The board found that the security posture 3 at the special mission compound was inadequate 4 for the threat environment in Benghazi and in fact grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place that night," he said.
Clinton has accepted all 29 of the report's recommendations. Senator John Kerry, Clinton's nominated successor, praised her decisions at a congressional hearing.
"In fact, she’s gone above and beyond the board’s recommendation by taking immediate 5 steps to strengthen security at high-threat posts and request from Congress the authority to reprogram funds to increase diplomatic security spending by $1.3 billion," he said.
U.S. embassies attract not only protests like this one last year in Bangkok, but also terrorist attacks.
Daniel Serwer has worked at several U.S. posts including Baghdad and is now a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
He says embassies that look like fortresses 6 often become symbols of resentment 7. "I really think that diplomacy 8 cannot be done from behind 20-foot high walls," he said.
Serwer acknowledges that Ambassador Stevens had good reason for staying inside the Benghazi compound.
"But in terms just of risk, he would have been a lot safer on the street, where 99 out of 100 Libyans would welcome him with open arms, than he was in that safe haven," he said.
But even Serwer concedes that his argument is difficult to make after the ambassador's killing 9. And with the Obama administration on the defensive 10 over the attack, U.S. embassies will most likely continue being the fortress-like structures they already are.
- The chairman convened the committee to put the issue to a vote. 主席召集委员们开会对这个问题进行表决。
- The governor convened his troops to put down the revolt. 总督召集他的部队去镇压叛乱。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
- He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣，摆出一副打架的架势。
- The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
- She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- They will establish impregnable fortresses. 他们将建造坚不可摧的城堡。
- Indra smashed through Vritra ninety-nine fortresses, and then came upon the dragon. 因陀罗摧毁了维他的九十九座城堡，然后与维他交手。 来自神话部分
- All her feelings of resentment just came pouring out.她一股脑儿倾吐出所有的怨恨。
- She cherished a deep resentment under the rose towards her employer.她暗中对她的雇主怀恨在心。
- The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
- This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。