Yet, the outgoing Pentagon chief may not have been pessimistic enough.

不过，这位即将离职的五角大楼统帅也许还不够悲观。

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In late 2003 Boeing lost its chairman and chief executive, Phil Condit, along with his probable successor, in a scandal over some Pentagon contracts.

2003年年末，波音董事长兼首席执行官菲尔·康迪特因国防部合同丑闻而辞职，随之而去的还有他那呼声很高的继任候选人。

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"You ever read Superman comic books?" asks Eric Edelman, the former Pentagon policy chief.

“你曾看过超人漫画吗？”五角大楼前政策主管埃里克·埃德尔曼问道。

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By 1975, Cabinet officers like Donald Rumsfeld, the once-and-future Pentagon chief, were trudging hat in hand into O'Neill's office.

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On his first visit as Pentagon chief, Hagel seems intent on burying the image that Republican critics painted of him.

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Neither has any senator indicated concern about the problematic judgment or security risks that might be associated with such a Pentagon chief.

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