President Barack Obama described the incident as a "systemic failure" of America's security apparatus, and U.S.officials have pledged to do what it takes to prevent a recurrence.

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So, it really is -it really ought to be on the bank's balance sheet and it ought to be regulated by the bank regulators, but there was a failure to do that and that is the problem that we are in currently.

所以说,它确实该...,它应该反映在银行的资产负债表上,同时接受银行监管体系的管理,但这却没能实现,这就是我们目前面临的问题

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That is, ultimately they are human beings like anyone else and some of their differences in success or failure may have to do with their own interconnections and their own psychology and interpersonal psychology.

即他们跟其他人一样,都是普通的人,他们的成与败,很大程度上归结于他们自身原因,自我心理以及,人际心理

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