Words and Their Stories: Military Expressions 词汇典故:军事词汇 This is Phil Murray with WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. We tell about some common expressions in American English. 这里是美国

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 12 January 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says American troops could begin withdrawing from Iraq later this year if the revised Iraq war plan announced by President Bush this week succeeds in reducing violence i

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By Jeffrey Young Washington 05 June 2007 To most Americans, the governments in their towns and regional areas called counties are the governments they interact with the most. And alongside these local governments are groups of citizens who work on th

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Commentary: Reform of labor re-education system inevitable BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- After prolonged public complaints and a series of scandals, China's controversial re-education through labor system will finally be reformed, a move that is inevi

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- In a ceremony hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday, Jacob Lew was sworn into office as the 76th U.S. Treasury Secretary, the Treasury Department said. The oath of office was administered by V

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U.S. military vacated an air base in Pakistan's southwest Sunday, meeting a December 11 deadline set by Islamabad in response to NATO's November 26 air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The Pakistani military said it took over the Shamsi base

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