Consul General Brian Goldbeck has told me about the robust, cooperative partnership the Consulate enjoys with AmCham South China.

高来恩总领事告诉我领事馆与华南美国商会之间有着十分活跃的合作伙伴关系。

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General Back told me he was confident -- in spending millions of dollars on the Kandahar base, he said the Americans had prepared a nice nest for NATO.

巴克将军告诉我说他很有信心，他说美军在坎大哈投下了数百万美元的金钱，为北约准备了一个非常好的基地。

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The general didn't flinch. He told me he took his orders from a two-star general in San Antonio, Texas, and no matter what the White House had said to me, his orders hadn't changed.

将军也不退让，他说他接到了德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥的一位两星上将的命令，不管白宫对我说过什么，他接到的命令没有改变。

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And the general told me, in essence, it was the most respectful thing he could think of to do at that moment.

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"But the Unita secretary general told me the negotiations were now being conducted in earnest, " he said.

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Last year, someone who had seen the general in action in Kabul told me, "He doesn't get on well with Afghans".

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