Later in the day, President Bush paid tribute to American and French troops killed in the line of battle.

当天晚些时候，布什向阵亡美军将士和法军将士致意。

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And we'll pay tribute to our troops and military families, and all those who have served over the past ten years, to keep us safe and strong.

我们还将向我们的军人及其家属，以及所有在过去10年里为国服役的人员致敬，是他们让我们保持强大，享受安宁。

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The Queen also paid tribute to members of other Commonwealth states that have sent troops to the region.

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Clinton paid special tribute to Georgia,whose added contribution of just under one thousand troops probably makes the small Caucasus state what she termed "the largest per-capita contributor" to the NATO-ISAF mission.

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Mr Hammond paid tribute to the 383 UK troops who have died since the conflict began.

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Before making his statement in Parliament, Brown paid tribute to the 37 British troops who had been killed in Afghanistan during the lawmakers' summer vacation, naming each individually.

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Opposition leader David Cameron paid tribute to the "extraordinary job" being done by British troops and re-iterated his party's support for the UK's presence in Afghanistan.

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