The third was a secretary of war who knew nothing about military matters and defense.

第三位是战争部长，他对军事和国防一无所知。

Several senior officers were (in the private judgment of Roosevelt's secretary of war) “essentially pro-German”.

几个美国高级官员是（罗斯福政府国防部长的个人判断）“本质上的亲德派”。

Most of the charges at Johnson's trial were based on his dismissal of the secretary of war.

约翰逊在审判中的大部分指控是基于他从作战部长的职位上被罢免。

He was also secretary of war under Andrew Jackson and a member of the U.S. Senate.

他还是安德鲁·杰克逊手下的战争部长和美国参议院议员。

After all, the Confederate secretary of war had declared that the Confederate flag would fly over the Capitol building before the first of May.

毕竟，联盟国的作战部长宣布，南部联盟的旗帜将在5月1日前飘扬于国会大厦上空。

Of the hundreds of persons arrested, only eight were brought to trial. The secretary of war decided that they would be tried by a military court.

在被逮捕的数百人中，只有八人被绳之以法。作战部长决定由军事法庭进行审判。

Monroe was later asked to serve as the secretary of war from 1814 until 1815, as well as secretary of state.

门罗后来被要求从 1814 年到 1815 年担任战争部长和国务卿。

The job of treasury secretary went to Howell Cobb, a southern moderate from Georgia. Southerners also were named as secretary of war, interior secretary and postmaster general.

财政部长的工作交给了来自乔治亚州的南方温和派豪厄尔·科布。作战部长、内政部长和邮政局长的职位也委任给了南方人。

In a short time, the North and South would be at war. When the secretary of war refused to sign the order, President Taylor answered sharply. Then I will sign the order myself!

在短时间内，南北双方将处于交战状态。当作战部长拒绝签署命令时，总统泰勒作出了尖锐的回答，他说" 那我自己来签署这项命令！"

Calhoun's nullification doctrine was not the only thing that divided Jackson and the vice president. Calhoun had led a campaign against the wife of Jackson's friend and secretary of war, John Eaton.

否定原则并不是杰克逊和卡尔霍恩的唯一分歧。卡尔霍恩还对杰克逊的好友、战争部长约翰。伊顿的夫人发起攻击。

He brings this up at meetings with politicians like Henry Stimson, the secretary of war, where he's trying to influence them to to get very dedicated to this idea of international control of banning nuclear weapons.

他在与战争部长亨利·史汀生等政客会面时提出了这一点，试图影响他们致力于国际控制禁止核武器的想法。

One was a secretary of state who knew very little about foreign relations. The second was a secretary of the treasury who knew less about finance. The third was a secretary of war who knew nothing about military matters and defense.

这三个人一个是国务卿，但是对外交关系一无所知；一个是财政部长，但是对金融理财一窍不通，还有一个是战争部长，但却是军事国防的门外汉。