美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-01-29

 Hillary Clinton¡¯s long awaited accountability moment in the murder of four Americans in Libya. These four Americans, Ambassador Christopher Steven, Geln Doherty, Tyrone Woods and Sean Smith. Their name bear repeating. Their sacrifice deserves honest answers and meaningful action, not political posturing¹ and some evasive answers. So Keeping Them Honest, are we getting honest answers to truly relevant questions and are those security problems that caused four Americans their lives actually being addressed. Last month a State Department Accountability Review Board identified systematic² shortcomings and failures of leadership prior to the killings³. Secretary Clinton says she takes full responsibility. Today on Capitol Hill lawmakers demanded accountability. 

I¡¯m troubled by what seems to be this administration¡¯s pattern of misleading the American people and failing to hold decision makers⁴ accountable. Chris Stevens who probably knew more about Libya than anybody else in our government, did not see a direct threat of an attack of this nature and scale despite the overall trend of security problems that we faced, and I have to add neither did the intelligence community. 

An emergency meeting was held and a cable set out on August 16th by the ambassador himself warning what could happen and this cable went unnoticed by your office. 

It does cost money to pay for embassy security.

Since 2007, the department has consistently requested greater funding for embassy construction and diplomatic security, with the exception of 2010, Congress has consistently enacted⁵ less than requested. 

We were misled that there were supposedly protest and that something sprang out of that¡¦

With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans (I understand.) was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided⁶ they¡¯d go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator. 

Had I been president at the time and I found that you did not read the cables form Benghazi, you did not read the cables from Ambassador Stevens, I would have relieved you of your post. I think it¡¯s inexcusable. 

You let the consulate⁷ become a death trap. And that¡¯s national security malpractice. 

I have great confidence that the Accountability Review Board did the job they were asked to do, made the recommendations that they thought were based on evidence, not on emotion. 

So there¡¯s no shortage of heat today as you just saw. But keeping Them Honest was there actually light?

With us tonight is chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper and former Bush homeland security adviser⁸, Fran Townsend. Fran serves on the CIA¡¯s External Advisory⁹ Board. She spend time with Ambassador Stevens back in August visiting Libya with her employer MacAndrews &Forbes. 

So Jake, I mean this kind of hearings, it¡¯s very frustrating¹⁰ to watch them. I mean, it just seems like it ends up being a lot of posturing and grandstanding. What exactly did we learn today that we didn¡¯t know already?

Well, certainly there were a lot of questions that went unanswered and certainly there were a lot of questions that were buried in paragraphs of speeches that the members of Congress gave that allowed Secretary Clinton to not answer them. There are a few things that we learned today. One, I think I have never heard the State Department officially confirm that weapons being used in Algeria in that crisis came from Libya. That was long reported that it was suspected but it had not been said by the secretary of state before. In terms of the politics of this, I think we learned that this remains¹¹ a big issue among Republican rank-and-fire that Benghazi will continue to be an issue but that Republicans still have yet to find a way to pin down any of the Obama administration officials for any tangible¹² wrongdoings.

1 posturing   

做出某种姿势( posture的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She was posturing a model. 她正在摆模特儿的姿势。
• She says the President may just be posturing. 她说总统也许只是在做样子而已。

2 systematic   

adj.有系统的，有计划的，有方法的

参考例句：

• The way he works isn't very systematic.他的工作不是很有条理。
• The teacher made a systematic work of teaching.这个教师进行系统的教学工作。

3 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

4 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 enacted   

制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
• Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 consulate   

n.领事馆

参考例句：

• The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

8 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

9 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

10 frustrating   

adj.产生挫折的，使人沮丧的，令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

12 tangible   

adj.有形的，可触摸的，确凿的，实际的

参考例句：

• The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits.这项政策还没有带来任何实质性的好处。
• There is no tangible proof.没有确凿的证据。