Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defense have not arrested the plow, the shuttle,or the ship;

VOA: special.2009.11.23

So you want to think about his hoplite, when he has everything on and when the shield is in place, again let me sort of try to demonstrate this, he ought to be covered by some kind of defense from head to toe.

所以你们可以想象这样一个情景,一名士兵全副武装,盾甲齐备,我还是演示一下吧,他从头到脚,应该算是武装到牙齿了

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

A Hobbesian state, paradoxically, still requires from its citizens, men and women prepared to fight to risk everything in the defense of their way of life.

如此一来，矛盾便凸显出来了,即霍布斯理想中的国家,也照样要求他的人民时刻准备牺牲一切,来维护他们的生活方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"Even though the Department of Defense is exempt from the budget freeze, it is not exempt from budget common sense."

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Let's hear first from the defense of Dudley and Stevens.

先听听为达德利和斯蒂芬斯作出的辩护。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

From Asia,Secretary Gates will travel to Slovakia for a meeting of NATO defense ministers expected to focus on Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

The recording notes that the Obama administration includes key figures from the previous Bush administration, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Misabiko's African Association for the Defense of Human Rights receives grants from the U.S.-based National Endowment for Democracy.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

The $10-billion U.S.missile defense program involves a combination of systems designed to detect and intercept missiles coming from short,medium and long distances.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Defense officials warn that the system will not completely eliminate the rocket threat from Lebanon and Gaza.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Those rebels,driven from Uganda into neighboring Congo, are now facing a joint operation by Ugandan defense forces and troops from the Central African Republic.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

"Because quite often the arguments that a defense deal is essential on national security grounds then that becomes justification for shielding it from public scrutiny."

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Key Camara ally Defense Minister Sekouba Konate returned early from a trip to Lebanon and is now running the military council in Captain Camara's absence.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

U.S.officials have largely refrained from publicly speaking about the operations, but Defense Secretary Robert Gates said earlier this year there are no plans to stop them.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Most indigent people facing charges use defense attorneys from state-funded public defender offices.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Venezuelan President Chavez said in Moscow Sunday he had obtained a $2.2-billion line of credit from Russia for 90 T-72 tanks and an advanced long-range air defense system.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

The review was prompted,in part, by a grim assessment from General McChrystal, who is here at the NATO meeting to provide a direct readout to the defense ministers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

As Congress grapples with still uncompleted fiscal year 2010 defense spending legislation, containing more than $100 billion for Afghanistan and Iraq, divergent views have also been heard from other congressional Democrats.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

And to be here is totally awesome." The game featured two of the NFL's top offenses, but it was big plays from the Saints special teams and defense that turned the game around.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer said President Obama told him early Thursday that the United States is abandoning plans to build a defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic aimed at intercepting missiles from other countries.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

The Spanish picked up the pressure in the second half, but were unable to find their way through the U.S.defense, which was bolstered by the return of captain Carlos Bocanegra, who was missing from first round matches with a hamstring injury.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

Vice President Biden spoke to political leaders and students at Bucharest's Central University Library, after receiving assurances from Romanian President Traian Basescu that Romania supports plans by the Obama administration to revise missile defense plans for Europe amid new concerns over the continent's security.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Besides urging the Obama administration to oppose any further consideration of the Goldstone report in multi-lateral forums, or measures stemming from it, the resolution also reaffirms support for Israel's security and right to self-defense, and its right to defend its citizens from violent militant groups and their state sponsors.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"The decision by the administration to back away from its missile defense commitment to the Czech Republic and Poland can only demonstrate to the rest of Europe that the United States is not prepared to stand behind its friends, that the United States views resetting its relationship with Russia more important than commitments made to close friends and allies, and that the administration is willing to let Russia have veto power over the disposition of our missile defense architecture,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.24