幕僚

aides and staff; assistant to a high official

1. 他（布什总统）应该把他的幕僚长叫进来，递给他一封只有一句话的信：亲爱的约翰：辞职吧。老头子。或者，更好的办法是，苏努努争取机先自行递上辞呈。
   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. 阿富汗实为更难克服的困难。戈尔巴乔夫提议用一年时间完成撤军（美国认为是一项小小的让步），但拒绝订定开始撤离的日期，令总统与他的幕僚感到失望。
   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. 他补充道，英国和法国首先须在军事战略上达成一致。因而，应举行有关的幕僚会谈以达到该目的。
   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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