Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, guys. Thank you so much. Everybody, please have a seat. Well, good morning, everybody. Jacob, thank you for that introduction. More importantly, thank you for your extraordinary service to our country. 谢谢！谢谢！谢谢你们。非常感谢。大家请坐。大家早上好。雅各布，感谢你的介绍。更重要的是，感谢你为我们的国家做出的卓越贡献。
I want to acknowledge two outstanding members of my Cabinet who are here today -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Ric Shinseki is in the house, also one of our finest -- himself, one of our finest veterans and obviously an extraordinary leader when he was in our Army. And I also want to acknowledge Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who's in the house. 我想介绍今天到场的两位杰出的内阁成员——退伍军人事务部长里克·新关在场，他也是我们最优秀的退伍军人之一，显然在陆军服役时是一位非凡的领导者。我还要介绍内政部长肯·萨拉查，他也来了。
And we're joined by another president -- the International Association of Firefighters president, Harold Schaitberger, is here. 我们还迎来了另一位主席——国际消防员协会主席哈罗德·夏特伯格也在这里。
Now, this is a fire station that holds some special significance for our country. On September 11th, the firefighters of this house were among the first to respond to the attack on the Pentagon. You guys answered this nation's call during its hour of need. And in the years that followed, as Americans went to war, some of you answered that call as well. 现在，这座消防站对我国具有特殊的意义。九月十一日那天，这里的消防员是最先响应五角大楼遇袭的人员之一。在这个国家需要的时刻，你们响应了召唤。在随后的岁月里，随着美国人奔赴战场，你们中的一些人也响应了那一召唤。
Today's 9/11 generation of veterans has already earned a special place in our history. Our veterans -- and all the brave men and women who serve our country -- are the reason why America's military is the greatest in the history of the world. In the face of great odds and grave danger, they get the job done. They work as a team. They personify the very best that America has to offer. 今天的九一一一代退伍军人已经在我们的历史中赢得了特殊的地位。我们的退伍军人——以及所有英勇服役的男女——是美国军队成为世界历史上最强大军队的原因。面对巨大的困难和严重的危险，他们完成任务。他们作为团队协作。他们体现了美国最优秀的品质。
That's true on the battlefront. But we're here today because it's also true on the home front. After a decade of war, our nation needs to do some building right here in the United States of America. 这在战场上是如此。但我们今天来到这里，是因为在国内也同样如此。经过十年的战争，我们的国家需要在美国本土进行一些建设。
Now, this morning, we received more good news about our economy. In January, American businesses added another 257,000 jobs. The unemployment rate came down because more people found work. And altogether, we've added 3.7 million new jobs over the last 23 months. 今天上午，我们收到了更多关于经济的好消息。一月份，美国企业新增了二十五万七千个就业岗位。失业率下降是因为更多人找到了工作。总体而言，过去二十三个月我们新增了三百七十万个就业岗位。
Now, these numbers will go up and down in the coming months, and there's still far too many Americans who need a job, or need a job that pays better than the one they have now. But the economy is growing stronger. The recovery is speeding up. And we've got to do everything in our power to keep it going. 这些数字在未来几个月会有波动，仍然有太多美国人需要工作，或者需要一份比现在收入更高的工作。但经济正在走强。复苏正在加速。我们必须竭尽全力保持这一势头。
We can't go back to the policies that led to the recession. And we can't let Washington stand in the way of our recovery. We want Washington to be helping with the recovery, not making it tougher. 我们不能回到导致经济衰退的政策上去。我们不能让华盛顿阻碍我们的复苏。我们希望华盛顿帮助复苏，而不是让复苏变得更加艰难。
The most important thing Congress needs to do right now is to stop taxes from going up on 160 million Americans at the end of this month. They've got to renew the payroll tax cut that they extended only for a couple of months. They need to pass an extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance -- and do it without drama, without delay, without linking it to some ideological side issues. They just need to get it done. It shouldn't be that complicated. Now is not the time for self-inflicted wounds to our economy. Now is the time for action. 国会现在需要做的最重要的事情是阻止在这个月底对一亿六千万美国人增税。他们必须续签只延长了几个月的工资税减税。他们需要通过工资税减税和失业保险的延期——不要戏剧性冲突，不要拖延，不要把它与一些意识形态附带议题挂钩。他们只需把它完成。这不应该那么复杂。现在不是给我们的经济制造自我伤害的时候。现在是行动的时候。
So I want to send a clear message to Congress: Do not slow down the recovery that we're on. Don't muck it up. Keep it moving in the right direction. 所以我想向国会传达一个明确的信息：不要拖慢我们正在经历的复苏。不要搞砸它。让它朝着正确的方向继续前进。
Beyond preventing a tax hike, we need to do a lot more to create an economy that's built to last. To restore American manufacturing, we need to stop giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas; give those tax breaks to companies that are investing in plants and equipment and hiring workers right here in the United States of America. That makes a lot of sense. 除了防止增税之外，我们还需要做更多事情来建设一个经久不衰的经济。为恢复美国制造业，我们需要停止向将工作岗位转移到海外的企业提供税收优惠；把这些税收优惠给那些在美国本土投资工厂和设备、雇用工人的企业。这很有道理。
To reduce our dependency on foreign oil, we need to stop subsidizing oil companies that are already making record profits, and double down on clean energy, that creates jobs and creates opportunities in new industries but also improves our security, because we're not as dependent on foreign oil. 为减少对外国石油的依赖，我们需要停止补贴那些已经在赚取创纪录利润的石油公司，加倍投资清洁能源，这不仅能在新行业创造就业和机会，还能提升我们的安全，因为我们不那么依赖外国石油了。
To make sure our businesses don't have to move overseas to find skilled workers, we've got to invest in education, and make sure college is affordable for every hardworking American. 为确保我们的企业不必到海外寻找技术工人，我们必须投资教育，确保每个辛勤工作的美国人都能上得起大学。
And -- this is the reason we're here today -- we need to make sure that as our troops return from battle, they can find a job when they get home. That's what I want to talk about today. 而且——这是我们今天到这里的原因——我们需要确保当我们的部队从战场归来时，他们能在回家后找到工作。这就是我今天要谈的内容。
The war in Iraq is over. The war in Afghanistan is moving to a new phase -- we're transitioning to Afghan lead. Over the past decade, nearly 3 million service members have transitioned back to civilian life, and more are joining them every day. 伊拉克战争已经结束。阿富汗战争正在进入新阶段——我们正在向阿富汗主导过渡。过去十年里，近三百万军人回归平民生活，每天都有更多人加入他们的行列。
When these men and women come home, they bring unparalleled skills and experience. Folks like Jacob -- they've saved lives in some of the toughest conditions imaginable. They've managed convoys and moved tons of equipment over dangerous terrain. They've tracked millions of dollars of military assets. They've handled pieces of equipment that are worth tens of millions of dollars. They do incredible work. Nobody is more skilled, more precise, more diligent, more disciplined. 当这些男女军人回到家时，他们带来了无与伦比的技能和经验。像雅各布这样的人——他们在可以想象的最艰苦条件下拯救了生命。他们管理车队，在危险地形上运输了数吨装备。他们追踪了数百万美元的军事资产。他们操作过价值数千万美元的设备。他们做着了不起的工作。没有人比他们更有技能、更精确、更勤奋、更守纪律。
Our veterans are some of the most highly trained, highly educated, highly skilled workers that we've got. These are Americans that every business should be competing to attract. These are the Americans we want to keep serving here at home as we rebuild this country. So we're going to do everything we can to make sure that when our troops come home, they come home to new jobs and new opportunities and new ways to serve their country. 我们的退伍军人是我们拥有的受过最高度训练、最高度教育、最高度技能的工人。这些是每家企业都应该争相吸引的美国人。这些是我们希望在国内重建国家时继续服务的美国人。因此，我们将尽一切努力确保当我们的部队回国时，他们回到的是新的工作、新的机会和新的为国服务的方式。
Now, this has been a top priority of mine since I came into office. Already, we've helped 600,000 veterans and their family members go back to school on the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill. We've hired over 120,000 veterans to serve in the federal government. We've made it easier for veterans to access all sorts of employment services. We've set up online tools to connect veterans with job openings that match their skills. 这自我上任以来一直是我的首要任务。我们已经帮助六十万退伍军人及其家庭成员通过九一一后退伍军人权利法案重返校园。我们雇用了超过十二万退伍军人在联邦政府服务。我们使退伍军人更容易获得各种就业服务。我们建立了在线工具，将退伍军人与匹配其技能的职位空缺连接起来。
Michelle and Jill Biden have worked with the private sector, with businesses, to secure a pledge of 135,000 jobs for veterans and their families. And with the support of Democrats and Republicans, we've put in place two new tax credits for companies that hire veterans. 米歇尔和吉尔·拜登与私营部门和企业合作，争取到了为退伍军人及其家庭提供十三万五千个就业岗位的承诺。在民主党和共和党的支持下，我们为雇用退伍军人的企业设立了两项新的税收抵免。
So these are all important steps. We've made progress. But we've got to do more. There's more we can do. 这些都是重要的步骤。我们取得了进展。但我们还要做得更多。我们还能做更多事情。
In my State of the Union address, I proposed a new initiative, called the Veterans Jobs Corps, to put veterans back to work protecting and rebuilding America. And today, we're laying out the details of this proposal. 在国情咨文演讲中，我提议了一项新倡议，称为退伍军人就业团，让退伍军人重新就业，保护和重建美国。今天，我们正在公布这项提议的细节。
First, we want to help communities hire more veterans as cops and firefighters. You guys have seen what a great job Jacob is doing. Well, there are a whole bunch of folks like that who could be doing that same outstanding work all across the country. But it's not that easy these days to get a job at a firehouse. 首先，我们希望帮助社区雇用更多退伍军人担任警察和消防员。你们看到了雅各布做得多么出色。好吧，全国还有很多像他一样的人可以做同样出色的工作。但如今要在消防站找一份工作并不容易。
Over the past few years, tight budgets have forced a lot of states, a lot of local communities to lay off a lot of first responders. Now, my administration -- when I first came into office, one of the first things we did was, through the Recovery Act, make sure that states and local governments helped -- or got the help that they needed to prevent some of these layoffs. And thousands of jobs were saved all across the country. 过去几年里，预算紧张迫使许多州和许多地方社区裁减了大量一线应急人员。我的政府——我刚上任时，我们最先做的事情之一就是通过复苏法案，确保各州和地方政府获得所需的帮助来防止一些裁减。全国范围内挽救了数千个工作岗位。
Harold and I were talking as we came over here -- thousands of firefighter jobs were saved because of the actions we took. But budgets are still tight, and that's a problem we need to fix. Jobs that protect our families and our communities shouldn't be the first on the chopping block. They should be one of our highest priorities as a nation. 哈罗德和我过来时在聊天——因为我们的行动，数千个消防员的工作岗位得以保全。但预算仍然紧张，这是我们需要解决的问题。保护我们家庭和社区的工作不应该首先被裁减。它们应该作为国家最高优先事项之一。
Over the past three years, my administration has made it possible for states to keep thousands of first responders on the job. But today, we're announcing that communities who make it a priority to recruit veterans will be among the first in line when it comes to getting help from the federal government. 过去三年里，我的政府使各州得以保留数千个一线应急人员的工作。但今天，我们要宣布，将招募退伍军人作为优先事项的社区，将在获得联邦政府帮助时排在最前列。
And I know that's one of the things, Chief, that you've been doing here in Arlington. 我知道，队长，这就是你在阿灵顿一直在做的事情之一。
So we want to prioritize veterans and we want to help states and local communities hire veterans to firehouses and police stations all across the country. 因此，我们要优先考虑退伍军人，帮助各州和地方社区在全国各地的消防站和警察局雇用退伍军人。
The second thing we want to do is to connect up to 20,000 veterans with jobs that involve rebuilding local communities or national parks. That's why Ken Salazar is here as the Interior Secretary. He needs some help. And our veterans are highly qualified to help him. They've already risked their lives defending America. They should have the opportunity to rebuild America. We've got roads and bridges in and around our national parks in need of repair. Let's fix them. 我们要做的第二件事是将多达两万名退伍军人与重建当地社区或国家公园的工作对接。这就是肯·萨拉查作为内政部长到这里来的原因。他需要一些帮助。而我们的退伍军人完全有资格帮助他。他们已经冒着生命危险保卫了美国。他们应该有机会重建美国。我们的国家公园内外有需要修缮的道路和桥梁。让我们修缮它们。
Of course, Congress needs to fund these projects. Congress should take the money that we're no longer spending on war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use the rest to do some nation-building here at home, to improve the quality of life right here in the United States of America -- and put our veterans to work. 当然，国会需要为这些项目提供资金。国会应该把我们不再用于战争的资金拿出一半用于减少债务，用另一半在国内进行国家建设，提高美国本土的生活质量——并让我们的退伍军人重新就业。
So let's get more cops on the beat. Let's gets more rangers in the parks. Let's get more firefighters on call. And, in the process, we're going to put more veterans back to work. It's good for our communities, it's good for our economy, and it's good for our country. 让更多警察上岗巡逻。让更多护林员进入公园。让更多消防员待命。在这个过程中，我们将让更多退伍军人重新就业。这对我们的社区有益，对我们的经济有益，对我们的国家有益。
And for veterans who want to do something else -- maybe put their leadership skills to use starting a small business -- we're going to start offering entrepreneurial training to our veterans. We want service members prepared for battle -- and for professional success when they come home. So we should do all that we can to support our troops and our veterans -- in helping them start a business, in helping them get a foothold in a fire station like this one, and start moving up the ranks, doing outstanding work the way Jacob has been doing. 对于那些想做其他事情的退伍军人——也许运用他们的领导技能创办小企业——我们将开始为退伍军人提供创业培训。我们希望军人为战场做好准备——也为回国后的职业成功做好准备。因此，我们应该尽全力支持我们的部队和退伍军人——帮助他们创业，帮助他们在像这样的消防站站稳脚跟，开始晋升，像雅各布一样做出出色的工作。
But we also need to follow their lead. We want to help them, but we should also learn from them. We should remember from our veterans that no matter what the circumstances, those men and women in uniform -- a lot like the firefighters in this fire station -- work together. Act as a team. Finish the job. That's what we've got to do when it comes to our nation's recovery. 但我们也需要追随他们的引领。我们想帮助他们，但也应该向他们学习。我们应该从退伍军人身上记住，无论在什么情况下，那些穿制服的男女——很像这座消防站里的消防员——团结协作。作为团队行动。完成任务。这就是我们在国家复苏方面需要做到的。
These are challenging times for America, but we've faced challenging times before. On the grounds here you've got a stone from the Pentagon and a beam from the World Trade Center. And that reminds us of our resolve as a people. They remind us that when we come together as one people and as one community, one nation, then we prevail. That's who we are. 对美国来说这是充满挑战的时期，但我们以前也面对过充满挑战的时期。在这里的场地上，你们有来自五角大楼的一块石头和来自世贸中心的一根钢梁。这提醒我们作为人民的决心。它们提醒我们，当我们作为一个民族、一个社区、一个国家团结在一起时，我们就会胜利。这就是我们。
This is a nation that exists because generations of Americans worked together to build it. This is a nation where, out of many, we come together as one. Those are the values that every veteran understands. Those are values that this fire station understands. We've got to make sure that we return to those values. And if we do, then I guarantee you we'll remind everybody around the world just why it is the United States is the greatest country on Earth. 这是一个因为一代又一代美国人共同努力建设而存在的国家。这是一个合众为一的国家。这些是每位退伍军人都理解的价值观。这些是这座消防站理解的价值观。我们必须确保回归这些价值观。如果我们做到了，我保证我们会向全世界所有人再次证明为什么美国是世界上最伟大的国家。
Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. 非常感谢大家。愿上帝保佑你们。愿上帝保佑美国。
