I'm proud to say that I have been involved in most of the president's policy decisions, beginning before he was president all the way through to the end.

我可以自豪地说,我参与了总统的大多数政策决定,在他当选总统之前就开始了,一直到最后。

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I needed about an half hour ahead start on him in the office in order to be sufficiently prepared to visit with him which I did every morning shortly after he arrived.

我需要在他之前,半个小时前就开始工作,为的是做好充分准备,跟他谈话,我每天早上,他到达办公室后都要跟他谈。

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