I knew what his priorities were well enough that I view myself as basically the implementor of the president's own influence.

我也很了解,他的首要任务是什么,所以我把自己看作是,基本上是总统影响力的,执行者。

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I was in my office along with my boss and Andrew Card, who was the president's first Chief of Staff.

我和总统在办公室里,还有安德鲁·卡尔德,他是布什的第一任办公室主任。

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I sat there. It was during the Patriot's Day, no, the President's Day weekend, sitting here Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, stacks of them going: yes, no, hell no.

我坐在那，那是爱国日，不，是总统纪念日的周末，坐在这周五，周六，周日，周一，不断看资料：,好的，不行，天哪不行。

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I think this is President Obama's understanding, also at least as far as I understand from the speeches that he gave when he was a candidate is that we understand the importance of maintaining the integrity of faith communities, they could hire who they want to hire using the wrong resources.

我认为这是总统奥巴马的理解，也至少是我目前,从他作为候选人时所做的演讲中理解的,是我们理解,保持信仰团体完整的重要性，他们可以雇佣任何想要雇佣的人,利用错误的资源。

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That has to count as the toughest day, not only in my career, but also in the history of that particular presidency.

那可以算得上是最艰难的一天，不仅在我的职业生涯里，在总统任期的历史中,也是最艰难的一天吧。

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I was the Deputy Chief of Staff at that time, but because the president was travelling in Anticard.

当时我是办公厅副主任,但是当时总统,在外访问。

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my first responsibility, as I just said, was to take care the president.

我的第一个任务，正如我刚才说到，是照料总统的事。

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It wasn't my concept of what I thought the priorities would be.

不是我认为,总统的首要任务是什么。

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Like I said, with the most valuable resource being the president's time, a lot of efficiently running White House time is spent on how to allocate that precious resource.

正如我所说，在白宫里,最宝贵的资源是总统的时间，很多高效运作的时间,都用于决定如何使用,这个宝贵的资源。

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