The legacy of 9/11 has been costly, in terms of resources as well as in terms of lives—of troops, civilians and contractors. The current debt crisis also traces its antecedents to that day.

11事件的遗产在资源方面和生命方面——士兵、平民和承包商——代价昂贵，当前的债务危机也可以在那一天追溯到先例。

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Later that day I went to Camp Bondsteel to thank the troops and share an early Thanksgiving dinner with them.

那天晚些时候，我去到邦德·斯蒂尔军营，向那里的驻军表达谢意并和他们提前共进感恩节晚餐。

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The Germans have broadcast constantly to-day news of areas in which they claim that landings have taken place and inland, where they report Allied parachute troops and fighting.

今天，德国新闻广播不断地播报他们声称的盟军登陆点，还播报了盟军空降和交火的内陆地区。

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(Sound) Meanwhile in Kabul, Afghans clashed with police for the second day during protests held over allegations that foreign troops had desecrated the Muslim holy book,the Koran.

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Monday night's crash brought the total number of U.S. troops killed that day to seven, making it the deadliest day for U.S. forces so far this year.

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Hasan, who was set to deploy with some of the troops killed that day, is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder.

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The British historian Andrew Roberts, whom I ran into on the beaches of Normandy on the sixtieth anniversary of D-Day, told me that something like 95 per cent of the allied troops who died that day were English-speaking.

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