Some centrist Democrats, such as Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, also criticized the way the president rolled out the new defense plan, and some questioned the intelligence behind the change in strategy to focus moreon short and mid-range missiles from Iran.

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Who would speak here in defense of Locke or make sense, find a way out of this predicament?

谁愿意为洛克辩护,或帮他摆脱这个困境？

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They claimed they had acted out of necessity; that was their defense.

但他们声称此行为是迫不得已;,他们这样辩护。

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