Good morning, everybody. 大家早上好。
In our fight against terrorists like al Qaeda and ISIL, we are using every element of our national power -- our military; intelligence; diplomacy; homeland security; law enforcement, federal, state and local; as well as the example of our ideals as a country that's committed to universal values, including rule of law and human rights. In this fight, we learn and we work to constantly improve. When we find something that works, we keep on doing it. When it becomes clear that something is not working as intended -- when it does not advance our security -- we have to change course. 在我们打击基地组织和伊斯兰国等恐怖分子的斗争中，我们动用了国家力量的每一个要素——我们的军事力量、情报机构、外交手段、国土安全部门、联邦及州和地方各级执法机构，还有我们作为一个致力于普世价值（包括法治和人权）的国家所树立的理想典范。在这场斗争中，我们不断学习，持续改进。当我们发现某种方法有效时，就继续坚持；当我们清楚地看到某种方法没有达到预期效果——当它不能增进我们的安全时——我们就必须改变方向。
For many years, it's been clear that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay does not advance our national security -- it undermines it. This is not just my opinion. This is the opinion of experts, this is the opinion of many in our military. It's counterproductive to our fight against terrorists, because they use it as propaganda in their efforts to recruit. 多年来，一个事实已经非常清楚：关塔那摩湾的拘留设施并没有增进我们的国家安全——它反而损害了我们的安全。这不仅仅是我个人的看法。这是专家们的观点，也是我们军方许多人的观点。它对我们打击恐怖分子的斗争起反作用，因为恐怖分子将其用作宣传工具来招募人员。
It drains military resources, with nearly 450 million dollars spent last year alone to keep it running, and more than 200 million dollars in additional costs needed to keep it open going forward for less than 100 detainees. Guantanamo harms our partnerships with allies and other countries whose cooperation we need against terrorism. When I talk to other world leaders, they bring up the fact that Guantanamo is not resolved. 它消耗军事资源——仅去年一年就花费了近4.5亿美元来维持其运转，而要继续开放，面向不到100名在押人员，还需要额外花费2亿多美元。关塔那摩损害了我们与盟友及其他国家的伙伴关系，而我们在反恐问题上需要这些国家的合作。当我与其他国家领导人交谈时，他们都会提起关塔那摩问题尚未解决这一事实。
Moreover, keeping this facility open is contrary to our values. It undermines our standing in the world. It is viewed as a stain on our broader record of upholding the highest standards of rule of law. As Americans, we pride ourselves on being a beacon to other nations, a model of the rule of law. But 15 years after 9/11 -- 15 years after the worst terrorist attack in American history -- we're still having to defend the existence of a facility and a process where not a single verdict has been reached in those attacks -- not a single one. 此外，继续开放这一设施违背我们的价值观。它损害了我们的国际地位。它被视为我们在维护最高法治标准整体记录上的一个污点。作为美国人，我们为自己是其他国家的灯塔、是法治的典范而自豪。但在9·11事件过去15年后——在美国历史上最严重的恐怖袭击发生15年后——我们仍然不得不为这样一个设施和程序的存在辩护，而在这些袭击中，没有一项判决是通过这个程序作出的——一项都没有。
When I first ran for President, it was widely recognized that this facility needed to close. This was not just my opinion. This was not some radical, far-left view. There was bipartisan support to close it. My predecessor, President Bush, to his credit, said he wanted to close it. It was one of the few things that I and my Republican opponent, Senator John McCain, agreed on. 当我第一次竞选总统时，人们普遍认为这个设施需要关闭。这不仅仅是我的观点。这不是什么激进的极左观点。当时关闭它有着两党的共同支持。我的前任，布什总统，值得肯定的是，他也说过想要关闭它。这是我和我的共和党对手约翰·麦凯恩参议员为数不多的共识之一。
And so, in one of my first acts as President, I took action to begin closing it. And because we had bipartisan support, I wanted to make sure that we did it right. I indicated that we would need to take our time to do it in a systematic way, and that we had examined all the options. 因此，在我就任总统后的首批行动中，我就采取措施开始关闭这一设施。而且因为我们有两党的支持，我想确保我们做得稳妥。我当时表示，我们需要花时间以系统的方式来完成这件事，并且我们已经研究了所有选项。
And unfortunately, during that period where we were putting the pieces in place to close it, what had previously been bipartisan support suddenly became a partisan issue. Suddenly, many you previously had said it should be closed backed off because they were worried about the politics. The public was scared into thinking that, well, if we close it, somehow we'll be less safe. And since that time, Congress has repeatedly imposed restrictions aimed at preventing us from closing this facility. 不幸的是，在我们筹备关闭的那段时间里，原本两党一致的支持突然变成了一个党派之争的问题。突然间，许多之前主张关闭它的人打了退堂鼓，因为他们担心政治影响。公众被吓得以为，如果我们关闭它，不知何故我们的安全就会降低。从那时起，国会一再施加限制，旨在阻止我们关闭这一设施。
Now, despite the politics, we've made progress. Of the nearly 800 detainees once held at Guantanamo, more than 85 percent have already been transferred to other countries. More than 500 of these transfers, by the way, occurred under President Bush. Since I took office, we've so far transferred 147 more, each under new, significant restrictions to keep them from returning to the battlefield. And as a result of these actions, today, just 91 detainees remain -- less than 100. 现在，尽管存在这些政治因素，我们还是取得了进展。在曾被关押在关塔那摩的近800名在押人员中，超过85%已经被转移到其他国家。顺便说一句，其中500多人的转移是在布什总统任内完成的。自我就职以来，我们又转移了147人，每一次转移都在新的严格限制条件下进行，以防止他们重返战场。由于这些行动，如今只剩下91名在押人员——不足100人。
Today, the Defense Department, thanks to very hard work by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, as well as his team, working in concert with the Office of Management and Budget, today, the Department is submitting to Congress our plan for finally closing the facility at Guantanamo once and for all. It's a plan that reflects the hard work of my entire national security team, so I especially want to thank Ash and his team at DOD. 今天，在国防部长阿什·卡特及其团队的辛勤努力下，在与管理和预算办公室的协同配合下，国防部正向国会提交我们的计划，以最终彻底关闭关塔那摩湾的拘留设施。这项计划体现了我整个国家安全团队的辛勤工作，因此我要特别感谢阿什和他在国防部的团队。
This plan has my full support. It reflects our best thinking on how to best go after terrorists and deal with those who we may capture, and it is a strategy with four main elements. 这项计划得到了我的全力支持。它反映了我们对于如何最好地打击恐怖分子和处置我们可能抓获的人员的最佳思考，这是一项包含四个主要要素的战略。
First, we'll continue to securely and responsibly transfer to other countries the 35 detainees -- out of the 91 -- that have already been approved for transfer. Keep in mind, this process involves extensive and careful coordination across our federal government to ensure that our national security interests are met when an individual is transferred to another country. So, for example, we insist that foreign countries institute strong security measures. And as we move forward, that means that we will have around 60 -- and potentially even fewer -- detainees remaining. 第一，我们将继续安全、负责任地将91名在押人员中已获批准转移的35人转移到其他国家。请记住，这一过程涉及联邦政府各部门广泛而细致的协调，以确保在将个人转移到另一个国家时，我们的国家安全利益得到保障。例如，我们坚持要求外国采取强有力的安全措施。随着我们推进这一工作，这意味着我们将剩下大约60名——甚至可能更少——在押人员。
Second, we'll accelerate the periodic reviews of remaining detainees to determine whether their continued detention is necessary. Our review board, which includes representatives from across government, will continue to look at all relevant information, including current intelligence. And if certain detainees no longer pose a continuing significant threat, they may be eligible for transfer to another country as well. 第二，我们将加快对剩余在押人员的定期审查，以确定是否有必要继续关押他们。我们的审查委员会由政府各部门的代表组成，将继续审查所有相关信息，包括最新情报。如果某些在押人员不再构成持续的重大威胁，他们也可能有资格被转移到另一个国家。
Number three, we'll continue to use all legal tools to deal with the remaining detainees still held under law of war detention. Currently, 10 detainees are in some stage of the military commissions process -- a process that we worked hard to reform in my first year in office with bipartisan support from Congress. 第三，我们将继续运用所有法律工具来处置仍根据战争法被拘留的剩余在押人员。目前，有10名在押人员处于军事委员会程序的不同阶段——这一程序是我在任第一年与国会两党合作下努力改革的。
But I have to say, with respect to these commissions, they are very costly, they have resulted in years of litigation without a resolution. We're therefore outlining additional changes to improve these commissions, which would require congressional action, and we will be consulting with them in the near future on that issue. 但我必须说，就这些委员会而言，它们成本非常高昂，导致了多年的诉讼却没有结果。因此，我们正在概述改进这些委员会的额外改革措施，这需要国会采取行动，我们将在近期就此与他们进行磋商。
I also want to point out that, in contrast to the commission process, our Article 3 federal courts have proven to have an outstanding record of convicting some of the most hardened terrorists. These prosecutions allow for the gathering of intelligence against terrorist groups. It proves that we can both prosecute terrorists and protect the American people. 我还想指出，与军事委员会程序形成对比的是，我们的第三条联邦法院在定罪最顽固的恐怖分子方面有着出色的记录。这些起诉使得我们能够收集针对恐怖组织的情报。这证明我们既能起诉恐怖分子，又能保护美国人民。
So think about it -- terrorists like Richard Reid, the shoe bomber; Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up an airplane over Detroit; Faisal Shahzad, who put a car bomb in Times Square; and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who bombed the Boston Marathon -- they were all convicted in our Article III courts and are now behind bars, here in the United States. 想想看——像鞋子炸弹制造者理查德·里德、试图在底特律上空炸毁飞机的乌马尔·法鲁克·阿卜杜勒穆塔拉布、在时代广场放置汽车炸弹的费萨尔·赫亚兹扎德、以及制造波士顿马拉松爆炸案的焦哈尔·察尔纳耶夫这样的恐怖分子——他们都在我们的第三条法院被定罪，现在正在美国境内的监狱中服刑。
So we can capture terrorists, protect the American people, and when done right, we can try them and put them in our maximum security prisons, and it works just fine. And in this sense, the plan we're putting forward today isn't just about closing the facility at Guantanamo. It's not just about dealing with the current group of detainees, which is a complex piece of business because of the manner in which they were originally apprehended and what happened. 所以我们能够抓获恐怖分子，保护美国人民，而且如果做得好，我们能够审判他们并将他们关进最高安全级别的监狱，而且效果很好。从这个意义上说，我们今天提出的计划不仅仅是关闭关塔那摩的设施。也不仅仅是处置当前这批在押人员——由于他们最初被捕的方式和后续发生的事情，这是一项复杂的工作。
This is about closing a chapter in our history. It reflects the lessons that we've learned since 9/11 -- lessons that need to guide our nation going forward. 这是关于结束我们历史上的一个篇章。它反映了我们自9·11以来吸取的教训——这些教训需要指引我们国家前进。
So even as we use military commissions to close out the cases of some current detainees -- which, given the unique circumstances of their cases make it difficult for them to be tried in Article III courts -- this type of use of military commissions should not set a precedent for the future. As they have been in past wars, military commissions will continue to be an option when individuals are detained during battle. But our preferred option, the most effective option for dealing with individuals detained outside military theaters, must be our strong, proven federal courts. 因此，尽管我们利用军事委员会来了结一些当前在押人员的案件——鉴于他们案件的独特情况，他们很难在第三条法院受审——但这种对军事委员会的使用不应成为未来的先例。正如过去战争中一样，当个人在战斗中被拘留时，军事委员会将继续是一种选择。但对于处置在军事战场之外被拘留的个人，我们的首选方案、最有效的方案，必须是我们强大的、经受过考验的联邦法院。
Fourth, and finally, we're going to work with Congress to find a secure location in the United States to hold remaining detainees. These are detainees who are subject to military commissions, but it also includes those who cannot yet be transferred to other countries or who we've determined must continue to be detained because they pose a continuing significant threat to the United States. 第四，也是最后一点，我们将与国会合作，在美国境内找到一个安全的地点来关押剩余的在押人员。这些在押人员包括那些面临军事委员会审判的人，也包括那些尚未能被转移到其他国家、或我们认定因其对美国构成持续重大威胁而必须继续关押的人。
We are not identifying a specific facility today in this plan. We are outlining what options look like. As Congress has imposed restrictions that currently prevent the transfer of detainees to the United States, we recognize that this is going to be a challenge. And we're going to keep making the case to Congress that we can do this is a responsible and secure way, taking into account the lessons and great record of our maximum-security prisons. 我们今天没有在这项计划中确定具体的设施。我们正在概述可能的选择方案。由于国会施加了目前禁止将在押人员转移到美国本土的限制，我们认识到这将是一个挑战。我们将继续向国会说明，我们能够以负责任和安全的方式做到这一点，同时考虑到我们最高安全级别监狱的经验和良好记录。
And let me point out, the plan we're submitting today is not only the right thing to do for our security, it will also save money. The Defense Department estimates that this plan, compared to keeping Guantanamo open, would lower costs by up to 85 million dollars a year. Over 10 years, it would generate savings of more than 300 million dollars. Over 20 years, the savings would be up to 1.7 billion dollars. In other words, we can ensure our security, uphold our highest values around the world, and save American taxpayers a lot of money in the process. 我还要指出，我们今天提交的计划不仅对我们的安全来说是正确的选择，还将节省资金。国防部估计，与维持关塔那摩开放相比，这项计划每年可降低高达8500万美元的成本。10年内，它将节省超过3亿美元。20年内，节省的资金将高达17亿美元。换句话说，我们可以确保我们的安全，维护我们在世界各地的最高价值观，同时在这个过程中为美国纳税人节省大量资金。
So in closing, I want to say I am very clear-eyed about the hurdles to finally closing Guantanamo. The politics of this are tough. I think a lot of the American public are worried about terrorism, and in their mind the notion of having terrorists held in the United States rather than in some distant place can be scary. But part of my message to the American people here is we're already holding a bunch of really dangerous terrorists here in the United States because we threw the book at them. And there have been no incidents. We've managed it just fine. 最后，我想说，我对最终关闭关塔那摩所面临的障碍有着清醒的认识。这件事的政治环境很艰难。我想很多美国民众都在担心恐怖主义，在他们看来，把恐怖分子关在美国境内而不是某个遥远的地方可能令人恐惧。但我在这里要向美国人民传达的一部分信息是，我们已经在美国本土关押了一批极其危险的恐怖分子，因为我们依法严惩了他们。而且从来没有发生过任何事故。我们处理得很好。
And in Congress, I recognize, in part because of some of the fears of the public that have been fanned oftentimes by misinformation, there continues to be a fair amount of opposition to closing Guantanamo. If it were easy, it would have happened years ago -- as I wanted, as I have been working to try to get done. But there remains bipartisan support for closing it. And given the stakes involved for our security, this plan deserves a fair hearing. 至于国会，我认识到，部分由于经常被错误信息煽动的公众恐惧，对于关闭关塔那摩仍然存在相当大的反对声音。如果这件事容易的话，它多年前就已经完成了——正如我所希望的那样，正如我一直在努力争取的那样。但关闭它仍然得到两党的支持。考虑到我们的安全所面临的利害关系，这项计划值得一次公正的听证。
Even in an election year, we should be able to have an open, honest, good-faith dialogue about how to best ensure our national security. And the fact that I'm no longer running, Joe is no longer running, we're not on the ballot -- it gives us the capacity to not have to worry about the politics. 即使在选举年，我们也应该能够就如何最好地确保我们的国家安全进行公开、诚实、真诚的对话。事实上，我不再参选了，乔也不再参选了，我们都不在选票上——这让我们有能力不去担心政治影响。
Let us do what is right for America. Let us go ahead and close this chapter, and do it right, do it carefully, do it in a way that makes sure we're safe, but gives the next President and, more importantly, future generations, the ability to apply the lessons we've learned in the fight against terrorism and doing it in a way that doesn't raise some of the problems that Guantanamo has raised. 让我们做对美国正确的事。让我们结束这一篇章，并且做好它、谨慎地做，以确保我们的安全，但同时也给下一任总统，更重要的是，给子孙后代，应用我们在反恐斗争中吸取的教训的能力，并且以一种不会引发关塔那摩所带来的那些问题的方式来做。
I really think there's an opportunity here for progress. I believe we've got an obligation to try. President Bush said he wanted to close Guantanamo despite everything that he had invested in it. I give him credit for that. There was an honest assessment on his part about what needed to happen. But he didn't get it done and it was passed to me. 我真的认为这里存在取得进展的机会。我相信我们有义务去尝试。布什总统说过，尽管他在这件事上投入了很多，但他还是想要关闭关塔那摩。我为此赞赏他。他对需要做的事情有过诚实的评估。但他没能完成这件事，然后传到了我这里。
I've been working for seven years now to get this thing closed. As President, I have spent countless hours dealing with this -- I do not exaggerate about that. Our closest allies have raised it with me continually. They often raise specific cases of detainees repeatedly. 七年来，我一直在努力关闭这个地方。作为总统，我花费了无数时间来处理这件事——我对此毫不夸张。我们最亲密的盟友不断地向我提出这个问题。他们经常反复提出具体的在押人员案件。
I don't want to pass this problem on to the next President, whoever it is. And if, as a nation, we don't deal with this now, when will we deal with it? Are we going to let this linger on for another 15 years, another 20 years, another 30 years? If we don't do what's required now, I think future generations are going to look back and ask why we failed to act when the right course, the right side of history, and of justice, and our best American traditions was clear. 我不想把这个问题传给下一任总统，不管是谁。而且，如果作为一个国家，我们现在不处理这个问题，那我们什么时候处理？我们要让这个问题再拖延15年、20年、30年吗？如果我们现在不做该做的事，我想后代人会回顾历史并质问：当正确的道路、历史和正义的正确一边、以及我们美国最好的传统都清清楚楚的时候，我们为什么没有采取行动？
So, again, I want to thank Secretary Carter. You and your team did an outstanding job, and you've shown great leadership on this issue. With this plan, we have the opportunity, finally, to eliminate a terrorist propaganda tool, strengthen relationships with allies and partners, enhance our national security, and, most importantly, uphold the values that define us as Americans. 所以，我要再次感谢卡特部长。你和你的团队做了出色的工作，在这个问题上展现了卓越的领导力。有了这项计划，我们终于有机会消除一个恐怖主义宣传工具，加强与盟友和伙伴的关系，增强我们的国家安全，最重要的是，维护定义我们作为美国人的价值观。
I'm absolutely committed to closing the detention facility at Guantanamo. I'm going to continue to make the case for doing so for as long as I hold this office. But this is a good moment for everybody to step back, take a look at the facts, take a look at the views of those who have been most committed to fighting terrorism and understand this stuff -- our operatives, our intelligence officials, our military. Let's go ahead and get this thing done. 我绝对致力于关闭关塔那摩拘留设施。在我任职期间，我将继续为此而努力。但现在是每个人都退一步、审视事实、听取那些最致力于打击恐怖主义并最了解情况的人——我们的特工、情报官员、军方人员——的意见的好时机。让我们把这件事做好。
Thanks very much, everybody. 非常感谢大家。