The Secretary of Defence has said that he would not stand by and let democracy be undermined.

国防部长已经表明他不会袖手旁观，任由民主遭到破坏。

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The defence secretary ducked the question of whether the United States was winning the war.

该国防部长回避了美国是否在打赢这场战争的问题。

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The Secretary of State has made a robust defence of the agreement.

国务卿对这项协议进行了强有力的辩护。

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On the other side stand Donald Rumsfeld, the secretary of defence, and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz.

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William Cohen, the secretary of defence, has agreed, and the remains are already being moved from the tomb.

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While demonstrations in Egypt escalated there was frequent contact between the secretary of defence, Robert Gates, and his Egyptian counterpart, Field-Marshal Muhammad Tantawi.

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