CNN News: 美国家安全顾问因丑闻辞职

There`s been a shakeup in the Trump administration. Michael Flynn has resigned as White House national security adviser after less than a month on the job. Flynn is a retired lieutenant general with the U.S. Army. As national security adviser, he was responsible for giving President Donald Trump guidance on U.S. intelligence and ways to protect the country.

特朗普政府或遭遇重创。美国国家安全顾问迈克尔·弗林宣布辞职，其上任时间还不到一个月。弗林是一名退休的美国陆军中将。作为美国国家安全顾问，其主要职责是给美国总统特朗普提供关于美国的情报指导，同时提供保护美国的方法。

Why did he resign?

为什么弗林会辞职呢?

Late last year, while former President Obama was in office, Flynn had phone conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States. In those calls, according to "The Washington Post", Flynn discussed recent sanctions, penalties that the Obama administration had levied against Russia. It`s illegal for unauthorized private American citizens to negotiate with foreign governments on America`s behalf. And at the time of the phone calls, Flynn was not yet national security adviser.

去年年底，前美国总统奥巴马执政期间，弗林与俄罗斯驻美国大使进行电话通话，据《华盛顿邮报》表示，弗林曾在电话中讨论了奥巴马政府对俄罗斯采取的制裁以及惩罚。美国公民以私人名义进行外交活动是非法的。弗林是在去年底致电俄国驻美国大使，当时弗林尚未被任命为美国国家安全顾问。

Law enforcement and intelligence officials say it doesn`t look like Flynn broke the law, but the White House says there was a trust issue.

执法部门以及情报官员表示，这并不能表示弗林触犯了法律，但是白宫表示这是一个信任问题。

Apparently, Flynn misled Trump administration officials by initially telling them that he had not discussed sanctions with Russia. In his resignation, Flynn said he unintentionally gave incomplete information to Vice President Mike Pence.

很明显，弗林最初表示自己并未与俄罗斯讨论过制裁问题，误导了特朗普政府。在辞职声明中，弗林表示自己并不是故意向美国副总统彭斯传达错误信息。

The job of national security adviser is not an official cabinet position, so the president doesn`t need Senate approval to replace Flynn.

国家安全顾问的一职不是正式的内阁职位，接替弗林总统不需要参议院批准。