defence secretary

The deal was hailed by the Defence Secretary.

该项协议受到了国防部长的称赞。

The Pentagon acknowledged shutting down part of a computer system serving the office of Robert Gates, defence secretary, but declined to say who it believed was behind the attack.

五角大楼承认，当时关闭了部分为美国国防部长罗伯特盖茨（robert gates）办公室服务的计算机系统，但拒绝表示他们认为谁是此次攻击的幕后人物。

He is a former defence secretary of the United States and a grandee of the Democratic Party.

他是美国前国防部长，也是民主党的显要人物。

Johnson's defence secretary, Robert McNamara, argued that government would be ineffective if department chiefs were to express disagreement with the president.

约翰逊的国防部长罗伯特麦克纳马拉（Robert McNamara）辩称，如果各部门负责人向总统表达不同的意见，政府将会变得低效。

To make matters worse, he has kept George Bush's defence secretary, Robert Gates, in his job.

更糟糕的是, 他将乔治?布什的国防部长罗伯特?盖茨留在了职位上.

True to his words, the military disclosed that it had just conducted its first test flight of a new stealth fighter, the j-20 overshadowing a visit to Beijing by Robert Gates, the US defence secretary.

果然如他所言，中国军方透露刚刚完成新式隐形战斗机歼20的首次试飞，这个消息给美国国防部长罗伯特盖茨（robert gates）访华蒙上了阴影。

The Secretary of Defence has said that he would not stand by and let democracy be undermined...

国防部长已经表示自己不会坐视民主遭到破坏。

The prime minister seems to be trying to rehabilitate the former defence secretary.

首相似乎在努力为前国防大臣恢复名誉。

While Ms Rice was at the National Security Council, the theory goes, she was the swing vote between Mr Powell on one side and Dick Cheney, the vice-president, and Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary, on the other.

赖斯担任总统国家安全事务助理时就是如此，她是鲍威尔与副总统切尼、国防部长拉姆斯菲尔德之间的中间选票。

And more to the point, said the Defence Secretary, they were still dangerous.

更要紧的是, 这位国防部长说, 他们仍然是危险人物.

The defence secretary has responsibility for the upkeep of the armed forces.

国防部长对管理军队有责任.

In 2007, Chinese military hackers penetrated the Pentagon computer network serving Robert Gates, the US defence secretary.

2007年，中国军方黑客曾渗透进五角大楼（pentagon）内供美国国防部长罗伯特盖茨（robert gates）使用的电脑网络。

That was the conclusion of a commission headed last year by Steve Hadley, former national security adviser, and William Perry, a former defence secretary, which also called for a larger air force and navy.

这是前国家安全顾问史蒂夫哈得利（steve hadley）和前国防部长威廉佩里（william perry）领导的一个委员会的结论，该委员会还呼吁扩充空军和海军力量。

Mr Obama glossed over the affair at their White House press conference. Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, was less diplomatic, saying semi-publicly what US officials have been whispering in private.

奥巴马在白宫新闻发布会上对此事一笔带过，但美国国防部长罗伯特盖茨（Robert Gates）就没有这么圆滑了，在半公开的场合说出了美国官员私下一直在说的话。