20_2009年美国国务卿克林顿在纽约亚洲协会上的讲话.docVIP

美国国务卿希拉里·克林顿(Hillary Rodham Clinton)2月13日下午在纽约亚洲协会（Asia Society）发表讲话，阐明上任后即前往亚洲四国访问的重要意义和美国的对亚洲政策。以下是克林顿国务卿讲话的全文和随后的问答内容摘要，中文由美国国务院国际信息局(IIP)翻译。 Remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at Asia Society in New York February 13, 2009 New York 美国国务卿希拉里·罗德姆·克林顿在纽约亚洲协会的讲话 2009年2月13日 纽约市 Thank you, Vishakha, and thanks also to John Thornton and Jamie Metzl and the board members who are gathered here this afternoon. It is a great pleasure to be back here in this magnificent building and to have the chance to thank you for the Asia Society’s work over many decades to strengthen the relationship between America and the people and governments of Asia. 谢谢你，维莎卡(Vishakha)。也谢谢约翰·桑顿 (John Thornton)和杰米·梅茨尔(Jamie Metzl )及今天下午在这里聚会的理事们。我十分高兴能够回到这里，回到这座宏伟的大楼，有机会向你们致谢，感谢亚洲协会数十年来为加强美国与亚洲人民和政府之间的关系所做的工作。 Before I begin, let me just take a moment to say that my thoughts and prayers today are with the families who lost loved ones in the tragic crash of Continental Flight 3407, with those who live in Clarence Center where this tragedy occurred, and with the entire Buffalo community. I know the strength and compassion of the people of western New York and have no doubt that they will pull together and support each other through this difficult time. 在我开始讲话前，请允许我用片刻的时间对今天因大陆航空公司3407航班不幸遇难而丧失亲人的家庭、出事地点克拉伦斯中心(Clarence Center)的居民及整个布法罗(Buffalo)社区的人民表达我的哀思并与他们一起祈祷。我了解纽约州西部地区人民的力量和爱心，完全相信他们会同心协力、互相支持、度过这段困难时光。 I was deeply saddened to learn that among those who were taken from us too soon was Beverly Eckert, who herself lost her husband in the attacks of September 11th. Beverly became known to me and a friend to me and to many New Yorkers for her tireless advocacy for the families of the victims of 9/11, and she was one of the principal champions of the idea of the creation of the 9/11 Commission. I will miss her, and I want to just publicly thank her for all she did in the midst of her own tragedy. 我感到十分悲伤的是，我获悉在这批过早离开我们的人中间有贝弗莉·埃克特(Beverly Eckert)，她本人在9.11袭击中失去了丈夫。贝弗莉与我相识并成为我