Let's just open it up, make it based on performance. If the women can't meet the standards then they don't get to graduation from the program to do the mission. To have women serving in infantry though, could impair the mission essential task of thos

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2013年(一)月

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the Obama administration released its first National Security Strategy. The policy statement renews support for American military superiority in the world. But the fifty-two pages also talk about

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(五)月

Tensions remain high around the Canadian parliament building in Ottawa. A Canadian soldier guarding a nearby war memorial was murdered. Then gunfire erupted inside the parliament building. Police report one gunman is dead. The security at government

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Demand Grows for Global Ban on 'Killer Robots' A human-sized robot joined campaigners outside the British Parliament last month to highlight what they say are the imminent dangers of automated weapons systems - or killer robots. Among them was Americ

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(五月)

By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 14 April 2006 watch Darfur report The Darfur region of Sudan is in the midst of genocide. Diplomats have so far failed to stop the tragedy, citing that country's compl

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The U.S. Defense Department has taken several steps in recent weeks to ensure that hard won lessons in counterinsurgency are not lost when the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are over. The military has been ordered to establish organizations to preserv

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)

Japan's hopes of acquiring the jet touted as the world's most advanced fighter are being dashed. The commander of U.S. Forces Japan, in an unusually blunt remark, says even if American senators had not voted to halt further production of the F-22, t

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(七月)

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Pentagon is funding some new research on insects and plant viruses. It says the goal is to protect agricultural crops. Some critics say it looks more like an attempt to make biological weapons. Here's NPR's Dan Charles. DAN C

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台11月

Next week, the Senate will vote on the American Jobs Act. It's a bill that will put more people to work and put more money in the pockets of working Americans. And it will provide our economy with the jolt that it really needs right now This is not t

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 美国总统演讲视频

U.S. President Barack Obama is proposing modest cuts in government spending to help offset major investments in health-care, education and energy initiatives. 美国总统奥巴马提议适度削减政府开支,以平衡在医疗保险、教育以及

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It consists of rings of circulated ditches with gaps in them. These gaps are the causeways, terms the name of cause but enclosure. Structure like Robbinhood Ball, brought with them the Neolithic concept dividing up the land. These monuments represent

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By Meredith Buel Islamabad 06 February 2008 Military and political analysts in Pakistan are expressing growing concern that al-Qaida and Taliban-linked insurgents are now emerging from their traditional strongholds along the border with Afghanistan a

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Muhammads clan, like Arabs all across the Arabian Peninsula, would share the stories that had been told and retold for generations. Pre-Islamic-Arabian civilization was largely an oral culture, and with tremendous respect for and admiration for peopl

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By Jim Malone Washington 05 December 2007 The U.S. Supreme Court has heard a plea that terrorism suspects being held at the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be given the opportunity to challenge their detention in American courts. VOA

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Japan's hopes of acquiring the jet touted as the world's most advanced fighter are being dashed. The commander of U.S. Forces Japan, in an unusually blunt remark, says even if American senators had not voted to halt further production of the F-22, th

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States must prepare to fight insurgencies and similar types of wars for the foreseeable future, and put less emphasis on preparing for large-scale conventional wars. 美国国防部长罗伯特.盖茨

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年5月

A Middle East ceasefire could be in the offing during a week of high diplomacy. But Israel has mixed feelings. 中东地区的停火协议在为期一周的高层外交斡旋中可能即将产生。但是,以色列对此持矛盾的态度。 Israel

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年5月

International donors pledged billions of dollars in aid for Afghanistan at a meeting in Paris, but also urged Kabul to do more to fight corruption and instability. 国际捐助者在巴黎举行的会议上承诺向阿富汗提供数十亿美元援助,

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年6月

For three years, the Muslim army held out against staggering odds. As word of the fighting spread, other Bedouin tribes saw God's hand in Muhammad's victories. One by one the peoples of the desert began to join in his struggle. The Muslim army grew a

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