The old Obama failed to wear a flag pin.

昔日的奥巴马没有戴过国旗胸针。

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Many resent his apparent flip-flopping on important issues, like gun-control and whether or not to talk to Iran and Syria, as well as less important ones, like whether to wear a flag pin.

许多人对他在一些重要事件上的明显前后矛盾表示愤慨，例如枪支管理及是否与伊朗和叙利亚谈判，以及一些不太重要的事情，像是否别国旗别针这样的问题。

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He has also displayed a worrying, somewhat Clintonian slipperiness on difficult issues, both trivial (whether he would wear a flag-pin) and significant (whether he would talk to rogue states).

在一些困难的议题上，他表现出了令人担忧的，一定程度上克林顿式的油滑。

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At the reception, each guest received a lapel button to wear with either a South Carolina state flag or a Kiwi bird, a national symbol of New Zealand.

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