The presence of Mr Gates has not prevented “ownership” of the failing Afghan war from shifting rapidly to Mr Obama.

盖茨的出场并不能避免阿富汗政策的失败罪责归于奥巴马。

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Scott Gates is director of the Centre for the Study of Civil War at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, and a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

斯考特·盖茨是奥斯陆国际和平研究所内战研究中心主任，同时是挪威科学技术大学教授。

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He is against the arbitrary taking, the singling out of Bill Gates to finance the war in Iraq.

他反对肆意掠夺，反对特地挑选比尔·盖茨，为伊战出资。

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At the suggestion of some of his staff, Mr. Gates has begun referring to himself as the "secretary of war, " saying that shows he and his department have no higher priority than the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Notably, Gates has been an outspoken critic of the war in Libya.

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So we have a new secretary of defense in Mr. Gates, and he's looking for new directions in the conduct of the war.

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