aides and staff; assistant to a high official

1. 他（布什總統(tǒng)）應(yīng)該把他的幕僚長叫進(jìn)來，遞給他一封只有一句話的信：親愛的約翰：辭職吧。老頭子。或者，更好的辦法是，蘇努努爭取機(jī)先自行遞上辭呈。
   He(President Bush) should call in his chief of staff and hand him a one- sentence letter: Dear John: Please quit. Yours, Poppy. Or, better yet, Sununu should beat his boss to the punch and hand in his resignation.
2. 阿富汗實(shí)為更難克服的困難。戈?duì)柊蛦谭?/a>提議用一年時(shí)間完成撤軍（美國認(rèn)為是一項(xiàng)小小的讓步），但拒絕訂定開始撤離的日期，令總統(tǒng)與他的幕僚感到失望。
   Afghanistan proved the tougher nut to crack. Mr.Gorbachev proposed to withdraw this troops over a12-month period, which the Americans took as a small concession, but he refused to set a date for the pullout to start, which disappointed the President and his staff.
3. 他補(bǔ)充道，英國和法國首先須在軍事戰(zhàn)略上達(dá)成一致。因而，應(yīng)舉行有關(guān)的幕僚會(huì)談以達(dá)到該目的。
   He added that Britain and France must first agree on the military strategy, and staff talks to that end should therefore take place.

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