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From NPR News in Washington, I’m Lakshmi Singh. 这里是华盛顿NPR新闻，我是拉克什米?辛格。 President Obama says he’s ready to compromise with Republicans on preventing the country from going over the so-called “fiscal cliff.” But he showed little sign today that he would waver from his demand that the wealthiest Americans should pay more in taxes. The president also addressed the scandal stemming from former CIA Director David Petraeus’s extramarital affair with his biographer, which cost him his job amid questions about a possible breach of national security. 在防止美国跌入所谓的“财政悬崖”这个问题上，奥巴马总统表示他愿意做出让步。此前，奥巴马决定对美国富人征收更高的税费，但就在今天，他表示他会改变这一决定。奥巴马还表示，前中央情报局局长大卫?彼得雷尔斯和他的传记作家发生了婚外情，其因受到泄漏国家安全机密的质疑引咎辞职。 “By his own assessment, he did not meet the standards that he felt were necessary as the director of CIA with respect to this personal matter that he is now dealing with his family and with his wife. And it’s on that basis that he tendered his resignation, and it’s on that basis that I accepted it. “大卫?彼得雷尔斯承认，作为中情局局长，他的行为违反了其职责的道德准则;现在他正和家人处理他的婚外情。因此他选择引咎辞职，我同意了他的申请。” Another urgent matter is unfolding on the hill. Leading Republican members of Congress are calling for a Watergate-style congressional committee to investigate the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, an attack that killed the US ambassador to Libya and three others in September. NPR’s Michele Kelemen reports. 同时，华盛顿特区还发生了另一起紧急事件。针对发生在利比亚班加西领事馆的遇袭事件，国会共和党领袖要求国会委员会组织像水门事件一样严格的调查。九月份的袭击导致了美国驻利比亚大使和另外三名领事丧生。NPR记者米歇尔?科勒曼报道。 Arizona Senator John McCain says it’s essential for Congress to conduct its own investigation into what he says was the inadequate security in Benghazi and the way the administration officials initially characterized the attack. He singled out US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice for giving, in his words, false information to Americans. And he made clear that he doesn’t want to see her nominated as the secretary of state. 亚利桑那州参议员约翰?麦凯恩表示，针对班加西领事的安全问题，以及当局官员对此次袭击事件的初步判断，国会有必要亲自进行调查。麦凯恩提到美国驻联合国代表--苏珊?赖斯，他认为赖斯向美