"Our combined efforts will establish a layered defense." he said.

他说：“我们共同的努力将建立一个多层的防御系统。”

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"Our Navy can carry twice as many aircraft at sea as all the rest of the world combined," outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pointed out last year.

“我们海军在海上可搭载飞机的总数量，是世界其他海军搭载飞机数量总和的两倍。”美国国防部长罗伯特·盖茨去年就曾指出过。

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Its official defense budget is 1.8 times higher than the combined budgets of South Korea and Japan, and 3.7 times higher than other states surrounding South China Sea put together.

从中国的官方数据来看，军费预算是韩国和日本预算总和的1.8倍，是其他中国南海沿岸国家预算总和的3.7倍。

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President Obama and I agreed that we will continue to enhance and strengthen our combined defense capabilities, and at the same time, firmly respond to any threats or provocations from the North.

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However, his early Olympic success in Turin, becoming the first American since Moe to claim a skiing gold, was not matched in the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver where he finished fifth behind teammate Miller in his super combined title defense.

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