Leon Panetta, America's defence secretary, seems worried.

美国国防部长利昂? 帕内塔有些担忧。

Sir Gavin had previously been forced out as defence secretary, in 2019, after leaking information.

加文曾在2019年泄露信息后被迫辞去国防大臣一职。

Remarks by Lloyd Austin, America's defence secretary, add to the ambiguity.

美国国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀的讲话更是模棱两可。

Ash Carter, America's defence secretary, said the Pentagon would ask for $583 billion in the White House's forthcoming budget.

美国国防部秘书长阿什顿·卡特（Ash Carter）宣布要向白宫申请5830亿美元的国防预算。

The Senate confirmed Mark Esper as America's new defence secretary, following the derailment of Patrick Shanahan's nomination last month.

继上月帕特里克·沙纳汉的提名被取消后，参议院确认马克·埃斯珀(Mark Esper)为美国新任国防部长。

The US defence secretary, Mark Esper, announced the withdrawal of nearly 12,000 American troops from Germany.

美国国防部长马克·埃斯珀(Mark Esper)宣布将从德国撤出近1.2万名美军。

Ostensibly, Mr Spencer was fired for not telling Mark Esper, the defence secretary, about his dealings with the White House.

表面上，斯宾塞先生是因未通知国防部长马克·埃斯帕其与白宫的交易而被解雇。

NOT quite three years ago Robert Gates, then America's defence secretary, warned North Korea that he “was tired of buying the same horse twice”.

近三年前，美国国防部长罗伯特.盖茨警告朝鲜，说美国已“厌烦花两次钱买同一匹马” 。

The confirmation of Chuck Hagel as the next American defence secretary has run into trouble with senior Republicans in the Senate threatening to block it.

任命查克·哈格尔担任美国下一届国防部长一事要遇麻烦了，因为参议院的资深共和党们威胁要进行阻扰。

" No piece of hardware better exemplifies America's military might than an aircraft-carrier, " declare the memoirs of Ashton Carter, America's defence secretary in 2015-17.

“没有什么硬件比航空母舰更能体现美国的军事实力了，”美国国防部长阿什顿·卡特在2015-17年回忆录中写道。

On December 10th Britain's defence secretary, Philip Hammond, announced that one of the most radical outsourcing plans hatched by any government would not be going ahead.

12月10日，英国国防大臣菲利普·哈蒙德宣布中止一项由政府制定的国防采办方案，该方案曾饱受争议。

David Cameron used his services for collecting gossip, Theresa May as her chief whip and defence secretary, and Rishi Sunak for helping him corral MPs.

戴维· 卡梅伦 ( David Cameron) 利用他的服务收集八卦，特蕾莎· 梅 ( Theresa May) 作为她的首席鞭子和国防部长，里希· 苏纳克 ( Rishi Sunak) 帮助他拉拢国会议员。

In the letter to the Times Newspaper, 13 former US defence secretaries and foreign policy chiefs said Britian and Europe would lose influence in foreign policy and international trade.

在致《泰晤士报》的信函中，13名美国前国防部官员和外交政策官员表示，英国和欧洲将失去外交政策和国际贸易方面的影响力。

In June, in a searing valedictory speech aimed at his country's NATO allies, Robert Gates, then America's defence secretary, said that the lack of investment by European members in“intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets” had hampered the mission in Libya.

今年6月，时任美国国防部长的盖茨，对其北约盟友发表了一篇尖刻的告别演说，说欧洲成员缺少“情报、监视、侦查设备”的投资妨碍了利比亚的行动。