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A?day?after?revealing?an?intelligence?failure?thatcost?the?lives?of?two?al-Qaida?hostages,?PresidentBarack?Obama?on?Friday?praised?the?nationsspyingoperations?as?the?most?capable?in?the?worldwhile?promising?a?review?aimed?atpreventing?futuremistakes. 在曝出因情报失误，而造成两名基地组织人质付出生命代价后的一天,美国总统巴拉克?奥巴马(Barack?Obama)于周五称赞国家的间谍活动是世界上最有能力的，并且做出了旨在防止未来错误的综评允诺。 We?all?bleed?when?we?lose?an?American?life,?Obama?said?in?a?speech?at?the?Office?of?the?Directorof?Nati?onal?Intelligence?to?mark?its?10th?anniversary.We?all?grieve?when?any?innocent?life?istaken.?We?dont?t?ake?this?work?lightly.?And?I?know?that?each?and?every?one?of?you?understandthe?magnitude?of?what?we?do?a?the?stakes?involved?and?these?arent?abstractions?and?werenot?cavalier?about?what?we?do. “当我们失去了一个美国人的时候，我们都在流血。”奧巴马在国家情报总监署十周年纪念的演讲中说道。当任何无辜的生命被带走的时候，我们都很悲伤。我们的工作不是那么轻松的。我知道你们每一个人都了解我们所做的事情的重要性和其所涉及的风险，这些都不是抽象的,所以我们不能漫不经心地去做这些事。” Obama?said?he?knows?the?U.S.?intelligence?community?has?faced?criticism?but?it?cantake?greatpride?that?its?work?has?made?America?work?secure. You?do?an?outstanding?job,?he?said. 奥巴马说他知道美国情报部门受到了批评,但它可以很自豪,因为它使得在美国工作很安全。你们做的是一个杰出的工作,他说。 The?world?doesnt?always?see?your?successes,?the?threats?that?you?prevent?or?the?terroristattacks?you?thwart,?or?the?lives?that?you?save,?Obama?told?acouple?hundred?intelligenceofficials?gathered?in?an?auditorium?at?the?sprawling?gray?office?building?outside?Washington.?Hesaid?their?intelligence?helped?take?out?Osama?bin?Laden?and?other?al-Qaida?leaders,?showedthat?Syriahad?chemical?weapons,?revealed?Russian?aggression?in?Ukraine?and?supported?nuclearnegotiations?with?Iran. 世界看到的并不总是你的成功,你所防止的威胁，你曾阻挠过的恐怖袭击,或者你曾救下的生命,在华盛顿郊外庞大的灰色办公楼里，奥巴马对聚集在礼堂里的好几百名情报官员这样说道。他说他们所提供的情报，帮助除掉了奥萨马?本?拉登和其他基地组织领导人,展示出了叙利亚拥有化学武器,揭露了俄罗斯对乌克兰的侵略，还支持了与伊朗的核谈判。 Its?been?10?long?and?challenging?years,?but?when?we?look?back?on?those?10?years,theAmerican?people?have?been?a?whole?lot?safer,?Obama?said. 这10年漫长而又富有挑战性,但当我们回顾这10年时,美国人的生活环境已经变得更安全了,奥巴马说。 Obamas?praise?came?one?day?after?the?announceme