The path Obama had to navigate as he built an identity and found friends and allies within the world of Chicago's African American politics was a winding one.

当奥巴马在芝加哥的非裔美国人世界里立足脚跟，确立了朋友和敌人时，他探索的航线是曲折的。

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That is no way to make friends in politics, of course, and the Post has honourably few.

当然，这样是没法与政界为友的，可“邮报”却还是有一些政友，真是令人尊敬。

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The two friends differed about politics.

这两位朋友政见不同。

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It was from here, also, that he wrote voluminous letters to friends seeking knowledge about politics.

也是从这儿，他发出无数的信件给朋友,寻求政治知识。

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The bad news is that right now you still have no friends in politics.

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So to help accomplish this transformation, Obama has chosen a combat veteran and former Nebraska senator, a nominal Republican but one with few institutional loyalties and barely more friends in politics, to head the Pentagon.

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It will not be able to ignore the domestic politics of its friends there forever.

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