It has reached the point where this oval orbit is nearest to the Earth.

最近，月球到达了离地最近的椭圆轨道点上。

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Before we went to talk to the President at one point yesterday, John was outside the Oval Office on the phone with Director Mueller.

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Whether Romney and Ryan succeed or not is almost immaterial at this point, in that no matter who is in the Oval Office come 2013, government spending will go up.

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The President, again, has responded forcefully from the very moment of the elections, the first day that you all asked him questions in the Oval Office about violence that might happen and violence that at that point had already happened.

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