The talent test is a new requirement and applies only to female recruits, and officials insisted that it is necessary, though their various reasons were not entirely convincing.

才艺测试是一项新的要求，只适用于招募女兵，官员们坚称这是必要的，不过他们提出的各种各样的理由并不能完全令人信服。

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U.S. officials have repeatedly insisted that the deal involves using Colombian bases and will not lead to the building of U.S. facilities on South American soil, as some critics of the plans fear.

美国官员一直坚持，该合同涉及使用哥伦比亚基地，将不会影响美国在南美土地的设施建设，然而对于该计划，一些批评人士还是担心。

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US and UK officials have insisted that no official record of civilian casualties exists but the logs record 66,081 non-combatant deaths out of a total of 109,000 fatalities.

美国和英国当局坚持声称没有关于平民死伤记录的官方档案存在，但是这些记录了109,000人的死亡总数中有66,081名是因非战争因素丧生的伊拉克平民。

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U.S.officials in the Bush administration insisted there was no linkage between offensive and defensive weapons.

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At the end of the show, the state welfare officials insisted they had done the right thing by seizing the children.

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But the three officials briefed on the call insisted Weinstein went further by suggesting that if Pelosi did not consider his proposal on the revote, he would help slow the flow of donations to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which works to elect House Democrats.

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Although he was ruled out of the one-day series which followed, team officials insisted the injury would only put him out of action for two to three weeks.

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