His officials say he was always in favour of a "surge" to try to turn around the war in Iraq.

他自己在正式场合说，他一直“迫不及待”地想要尝试扭转伊拉克的战局。

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But on the ground, his officials say, the share of firefights involving close air support has already fallen from 35% to 17% in the past month.

而在地面上，他的军官说，包括低空的支持在内交火的比例在上个月已经从35%下降到了17%。

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But Mr Kim's is blocking that too: his officials say that inspectors will not be allowed either to take reactor samples essential to a proper plutonium accounting, or to stray beyond Yongbyon.

但是金先生也把这条路堵上了：他的官员们说，调查人员将既不允许取得反应堆样本(这对计算钚的数量很重要)，也不允许到宁边之外的地方游荡。

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Palestinian officials say they are encouraged by President Barack Obama's meeting with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas Thursday at the White House.

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White House officials say he will donate his $1.4 million prize money to charity.

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Election officials say President Ian Khama will be sworn in for a second term on Tuesday after declaring his Botswana Democratic Party had won 45 of the 57 seats in parliament.

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His officials say he has merely aligned Britain's stance with that of its European Union partners and of America.

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Mr. Cameron hasn't recanted of his decision, but he has spent some of the past week talking to other European leaders, and his officials say he plans to do more.

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The 65-year-old Canadian national, named as John Pope, was also shot and died from his wounds, officials say.

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