The Defense Secretary gave an upbeat assessment of the war so far.

国防部长对迄今为止的战事进行了乐观的评价。

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Although PTSD is perfectly normal after going to war, in this country and within the Department of Defense there still exists a certain stigma associated with it.

尽管参加过战争的人，其PTSD通常会表现的很正常，但是在这个国家中以及在国防部里，仍然确实存在有关的病例。

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General Grant was beginning to learn an important lesson of the war. The methods of defense had improved much more than the methods of attack.

格兰特将军开始学习到战争中一门重要的课程：防御战术的进步已经远无大于进攻战术的进步。

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These war games will allow Indian military officialsto assess some of the American defense equipment being offered for sale to India.

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"This resolution seeks to hide the ugliness of the Gaza war by covering up violent excesses committed against innocent civilians by both Hamas and the Israeli Defense ."

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He dismissed as "biased and unjust" a U.N.Human Rights Council report that accused Israel of war crimes during its December Gaza offensive, saying his country was acting in self-defense against militant rocket fire.

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Among the handful of big military contractors that survived the post-Cold War consolidation of the defense sector, none has performed better than General Dynamics.

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Garner will need all his charm and resolve to referee the tug-of-war between the departments of Defense and State for influence over the reconstruction process.

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"Defendants now renege on those promises and press an act of war defense, " the lawyers wrote.

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