CNNnews:奥巴马总统提名新军情长官

[00:00.04]There'll be a new person behind that desk in the Pentagon soon. 或许五角大楼很快将会迎来一位新当家。 [00:03.11]On Monday, President Obama announced his nominee to be the next secretary of Defense, former Senator Chuck Hagel. 周一,奥巴马总统宣布提名前参议员查克·哈格尔为下一任国防部长。 [00:10.16]He's a Republican who served 12 years in the U.S. Senate and he's also a veteran who fought in the Vietnam War. 共和党人的查克·哈格尔供职于美国参议院12年,也是一位曾参加越南战争的老兵。 [00:16.41]If he's confirmed as the next Defense Secretary, he'll be the first enlisted soldier to eventually hold that office. 如果他被确定出任下一任国防部长,他会成为第一位被征募并最终掌权的士兵。 [00:23.41]Hagel has made some controversial statements in the past and that could lead to some challenges during his confirmation process. 哈格尔在过去做出过一些有争议的评论,而这可能会导致一些他确认过程中的 挑战。 [00:30.37]Yesterday, the president also nominated John Brennan to be the next director of the CIA. 昨天,奥巴马总统也提名约翰·布伦南出任下一任中情局主管。 [00:36.11]Right now, Brennan is the president's chief adviser on counter-terrorism. 现在,布伦南是奥巴马总统的首席反恐顾问。 [00:40.04]He worked at the CIA for 25 years, so getting the job as director could be seen as kind of a homecoming for him. 他在中央情报局工作了25年,所以得到主管这份工作可以被视为一种为回家的感觉。 [00:46.47]And just because President Obama nominates them doesn't mean Hagel and Brennan will get those jobs. 而奥巴马总统提名他们不是意味着哈格尔和布伦南将会就职。 [00:52.27]We mentioned they have to be confirmed. 我们提到的是他们需要得到确认。 [00:54.15]And that power belongs to the U.S. Senate. 而这需要属于美国参议院裁定。 [00:56.54]There will be confirmation hearings, where Senators will get to ask nominees questions before deciding whether or not to vote for them, to approve them for the jobs. 将会有确认听证会,参议员们会问提名者问题后再决定是否投票给他们,赞成他们的职位。 [01:05.37]Confirming presidential nominees is one of the responsibilities that can only be done by one part of Congress or the other. 确认总统提名人选国会的职责之一，只能由国会一部分或其他来完成。 [01:12.38]For example, the House of Representatives can decide if a government official should be put on trial, but the Senate is the group that holds that trial. 例如,众议院可以决定政府官员是否被审判,而参议院则进行审判。 [01:20.59]On other things, obviously, the House and Senate work together, like coming up with laws. 而对于其他的事情,很显然,众议院和参议院共同工作,比如提出法律。 [01:25.37]Yesterday, Athena Jones looked at the issue of gun control. 昨天,雅典娜·琼斯关注着枪支控制的问题。 [01:28.31]Today, she's putting the focus on another subject that could be a priority for the new Congress, immigration reform. 今天,她将关注另一个移民改革的主题,这对新国会来说是头等大事。 [01:35.12]What might comprehensive legislation look like? 全面立法怎么样? [01:37.39]The president says it should include measures to beef up border security, punish companies that purposely hire undocumented workers and give the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants here a way to obtain legal status. 总统表示它应包括加强边境安全,惩罚故意雇用非法移民的公司,并给出大约1100万的非法移民获得合法身份的种种措施。 [01:51.24]Groups that want to restrict immigration are skeptical. 而想要限制移民的团体持怀疑态度。 [01:54.30]The president himself has said he doesn't think these laws are enforceable. 总统本人也表示,他并不认为这些法律具有强制性。 [01:57.56]How, how on earth is Congress ever going to be convinced to pass a package of, of the kind he's talking about when no guarantees can be made to the general public that the laws will be respected? 国会究竟会如何被说服国通过一揽子的那种,他在谈论的是当对公众没有任何保证时,法律还会受到尊重吗? [02:07.11]Doubts that could signal a long road ahead for this legislative push. 怀疑一方表示对于推动立法可能有很长的路要走。 [02:11.52]Right now, what's interesting on immigration is that everyone is talking the talk, and that includes Democrats and Republicans, but, again, there's a big difference between talking the talk and walking the walk on policy. 现在有趣的是,每个人都对移民问题进行无休止的讨论，包括民主党和共和党人,但是再一次,对于政策而言有一个很大的区别。 [02:21.38]A big question is whether the parties can agree on how to approach this immigration issue. 这个大问题是政党间就如何处理移民问题是否可以达成共识。 [02:26.07]Should it be on big bill which many Democrats are pushing? 大多民主党人正在推动是否意味着会有议案? [02:29.33]Or several smaller ones which many Republicans favor, because they say this issue so complex. 或者是共和党人支持的小众如何,因为他们表示这个问题如此复杂。 [02:35.25]Athena Jones, CNN, Washington. CNN,雅典娜·琼斯，华盛顿报道。

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