aides and staff; assistant to a high official

1. 他（布什總統(tǒng)）應該把他的幕僚長叫進來，遞給他一封只有一句話的信：親愛的約翰：辭職吧。老頭子。或者，更好的辦法是，蘇努努爭取機先自行遞上辭呈。
   He(President Bush) should call in his chief of staff and hand him a one- sentence letter: Dear John: Please quit. Yours, Poppy. Or, better yet, Sununu should beat his boss to the punch and hand in his resignation.
2. 阿富汗實為更難克服的困難。戈爾巴喬夫提議用一年時間完成撤軍（美國認為是一項小小的讓步），但拒絕訂定開始撤離的日期，令總統(tǒng)與他的幕僚感到失望。
   Afghanistan proved the tougher nut to crack. Mr.Gorbachev proposed to withdraw this troops over a12-month period, which the Americans took as a small concession, but he refused to set a date for the pullout to start, which disappointed the President and his staff.
3. 他補充道，英國和法國首先須在軍事戰(zhàn)略上達成一致。因而，應舉行有關的幕僚會談以達到該目的。
   He added that Britain and France must first agree on the military strategy, and staff talks to that end should therefore take place.

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