It used to be that government officials were all picked by political patronage and they, very often, were incompetent.

过去政府官员,通常都是走后门进来的,他们经常都是不称职的。

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Because not only the NSA homeland security, the governors, members of congress, cabinet officers.

因为不仅仅国家安全顾问,国土安全，政府官员，国会议员，内阁官员都想见总统。

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So, part of the whole process is the elimination of these these municipal privileges and replacing municipal officials, to make a long story short, with people that they have appointed.

他们采取的一个办法,就是取消那些地方政府的特权,更换本土官员,简而言之,就是以近臣取而代之

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That means, we started to learn management science in the government, so that government--and also in corporations-- so they could manage effectively.

这意味着政府部门的官员,开始学习管理科学，公司里也是一样-,他们可以有效管理。

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