He has put the administration in an embarrassing position.

他已把政府置于了一个为难的境地。

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And they are prone to poor administration and to "rent-seeking" -attempts by interest groups, officials and other well-connected people to use their position to gain influence or wealth.

它们易于缺乏管理和“寻租”——利益集团、官员和其他关系紧密者通过自己的地位来获取势力和财富的行为。

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This, analysts say, puts Mr Lee in the most delicate position of his two-year-old administration.

分析人士称，这将上任两年的李先生放到了一个微妙的位置。

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David Kramer was a former senior State Department official in the Bush administration He also sees the U.S.position moving towards the Russian one.

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Once a week we assembled the homeland security team which meant in the later part of the administration The Secratary of Homeland Security, 911 which was a position was created in the year after 911.

每个星期,还会组织一次国土安全组的人开会,意味着会议的第二部分,会见国土安全部部长，这个职位是在,之后的一年才创立的。

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Critics say Lieberman's position could harm Israel's relations with the new U.S.administration, which has vowed to make the Middle East peace process a priority.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

And is that administration position, that it has to come from the U.N.

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Indeed, the Banking Committee's proposed "carve-out" language does not represent a unified Administration position at all, but rather merely language desired by industry and some in the Department of Commerce.

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So is this a new position of the administration, or is it the old position of the administration just stated newly by the President?

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