One of the popular plays of the time, called "Our American Cousin, " was being performed at Ford's Theater, not far from the White House. The Secretary of War did not want the Lincolns to go alone.

当时，在距白宫不远的福特剧院正在上演一部很流行的戏剧，该剧名叫《Our American Cousin》（《我们美国人的亲戚》）。

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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 Defense Secretary gave an upbeat assessment of the war so far.

国防部长对迄今为止的战事进行了乐观的评价。

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Most of the charges at Johnson's trial were based on his dismissal of the secretary of war.

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The secretary of war decided that they would be tried by a military court.

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When the secretary of war refused to sign the order, President Taylor answered sharply.

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Likewise, in 1902 Secretary Elihu Root ordered to be published a report by a Law Officer in the Office of the Secretary of the War Department which dealt with the treaty obligations of extinct States.

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At first, the Secretary of War, a Cabinet member who, from the start, was a civilian, was called the Secretary at War, a holdover from the Revolution but also a prepositional manifestation of an ideological commitment: the department was chiefly to be called upon only if the nation was at war.

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