Good evening. Nearly 10 years ago, America suffered the worst attack on our shores since Pearl Harbor. This mass murder was planned by Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network in Afghanistan, and signaled a new threat to our security -- one in which the targets were no longer soldiers on a battlefield, but innocent men, women and children going about their daily lives. 晚上好。近十年前，美国遭受了自珍珠港事件以来本土最严重的袭击。这场大规模屠杀由奥萨马·本·拉登及其在阿富汗的“基地”组织网络策划，也预示着一种新的安全威胁：目标不再是战场上的军人，而是日常生活中的无辜男女和儿童。
In the days that followed, our nation was united as we struck at al Qaeda and routed the Taliban in Afghanistan. Then, our focus shifted. A second war was launched in Iraq, and we spent enormous blood and treasure to support a new government there. 在那之后的日子里，我们举国同心，打击“基地”组织，并在阿富汗击溃塔利班。随后，我们的重心发生了转移。第二场战争在伊拉克打响，我们付出了巨大的鲜血与财富，来支持那里建立新政府。
By the time I took office, the war in Afghanistan had entered its seventh year. But al Qaeda's leaders had escaped into Pakistan and were plotting new attacks, while the Taliban had regrouped and gone on the offensive. Without a new strategy and decisive action, our military commanders warned that we could face a resurgent al Qaeda and a Taliban taking over large parts of Afghanistan. 到我就任总统时，阿富汗战争已进入第七年。但“基地”组织领导人逃入巴基斯坦，继续策划新的袭击；塔利班则重整旗鼓，转入攻势。我们的军事指挥官警告说，若没有新的战略和果断行动，我们可能面对卷土重来的“基地”组织，以及控制阿富汗大片地区的塔利班。
For this reason, in one of the most difficult decisions that I've made as President, I ordered an additional 30,000 American troops into Afghanistan. When I announced this surge at West Point, we set clear objectives: to refocus on al Qaeda, to reverse the Taliban's momentum, and train Afghan security forces to defend their own country. I also made it clear that our commitment would not be open-ended, and that we would begin to draw down our forces this July. 因此，我作出了任内最艰难的决定之一：向阿富汗增派三万名美军。我在西点军校宣布这次增兵时，提出了明确目标：重新聚焦打击“基地”组织，扭转塔利班的攻势，并训练阿富汗安全部队保卫自己的国家。我也明确表示，我们的承诺不会没有期限，并将从今年七月开始缩减驻军。
Tonight, I can tell you that we are fulfilling that commitment. Thanks to our extraordinary men and women in uniform, our civilian personnel, and our many coalition partners, we are meeting our goals. As a result, starting next month, we will be able to remove 10,000 of our troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year, and we will bring home a total of 33,000 troops by next summer, fully recovering the surge I announced at West Point. 今晚，我可以告诉大家，我们正在履行这一承诺。多亏了我们杰出的军人、文职人员以及众多联军伙伴，我们正在实现既定目标。因此，从下个月开始，我们将能在今年年底前从阿富汗撤出一万名军人；到明年夏天，总计将有三万三千名军人回国，完全撤回我在西点军校宣布增派的兵力。
After this initial reduction, our troops will continue coming home at a steady pace as Afghan security forces move into the lead. Our mission will change from combat to support. By 2014, this process of transition will be complete, and the Afghan people will be responsible for their own security. 在最初这一轮缩减之后，随着阿富汗安全部队接过主导责任，我们的部队还将以稳定节奏继续回国。我们的任务将从作战转为支援。到2014年，这一过渡进程将完成，阿富汗人民将负责自身安全。
We're starting this drawdown from a position of strength. Al Qaeda is under more pressure than at any time since 9/11. Together with the Pakistanis, we have taken out more than half of al Qaeda's leadership. And thanks to our intelligence professionals and Special Forces, we killed Osama bin Laden, the only leader that al Qaeda had ever known. This was a victory for all who have served since 9/11. One soldier summed it up well. "The message," he said, "is we don't forget. You will be held accountable, no matter how long it takes." 我们是在实力占优的情况下开始撤军。“基地”组织承受的压力已超过“9·11”以来的任何时候。我们与巴基斯坦方面一道，已清除了“基地”组织半数以上的领导层。借助情报专业人员和特种部队的努力，我们击毙了“基地”组织唯一曾有过的领导人奥萨马·本·拉登。这是献给所有自“9·11”以来服役者的胜利。一名士兵说得很好：“传达的信息是：我们不会忘记。无论需要多久，你们都将被追究责任。”
The information that we recovered from bin Laden's compound shows al Qaeda under enormous strain. Bin Laden expressed concern that al Qaeda had been unable to effectively replace senior terrorists that had been killed, and that al Qaeda has failed in its effort to portray America as a nation at war with Islam -- thereby draining more widespread support. Al Qaeda remains dangerous, and we must be vigilant against attacks. But we have put al Qaeda on a path to defeat, and we will not relent until the job is done. 从本·拉登住所缴获的资料表明，“基地”组织正承受巨大压力。本·拉登担心，该组织无法有效补充被击毙的高级恐怖分子；它试图把美国描绘成与伊斯兰教开战的国家，也已失败，因此失去了更广泛的支持。“基地”组织仍然危险，我们必须警惕袭击；但我们已使它走上失败之路，在任务完成前绝不会松懈。
In Afghanistan, we've inflicted serious losses on the Taliban and taken a number of its strongholds. Along with our surge, our allies also increased their commitments, which helped stabilize more of the country. Afghan security forces have grown by over 100,000 troops, and in some provinces and municipalities we've already begun to transition responsibility for security to the Afghan people. 在阿富汗，我们已使塔利班遭受严重损失，并夺取了其若干据点。除我们的增兵外，盟友也增加了投入，帮助稳定了该国更多地区。阿富汗安全部队已扩充十万余人；在一些省份和市镇，我们已开始把安全责任移交给阿富汗人民。
In the face of violence and intimidation, Afghans are fighting and dying for their country, establishing local police forces, opening markets and schools, creating new opportunities for women and girls, and trying to turn the page on decades of war. 面对暴力和恐吓，阿富汗人为自己的国家战斗、牺牲，组建地方警察部队，开放市场和学校，为妇女与女孩创造新的机会，并努力翻过数十年战争的一页。
Of course, huge challenges remain. This is the beginning -- but not the end -- of our effort to wind down this war. We'll have to do the hard work of keeping the gains that we've made, while we draw down our forces and transition responsibility for security to the Afghan government. And next May, in Chicago, we will host a summit with our NATO allies and partners to shape the next phase of this transition. 当然，巨大的挑战依然存在。这是结束这场战争努力的开始，而非终点。我们必须在缩减驻军、向阿富汗政府移交安全责任的同时，艰苦地巩固已经取得的成果。明年五月，我们将在芝加哥与北约盟友及伙伴举行峰会，规划这一过渡阶段的下一步。
We do know that peace cannot come to a land that has known so much war without a political settlement. So as we strengthen the Afghan government and security forces, America will join initiatives that reconcile the Afghan people, including the Taliban. Our position on these talks is clear: They must be led by the Afghan government, and those who want to be a part of a peaceful Afghanistan must break from al Qaeda, abandon violence, and abide by the Afghan constitution. But, in part because of our military effort, we have reason to believe that progress can be made. 我们知道，长期饱受战火的土地若没有政治解决，就不可能实现和平。因此，在加强阿富汗政府与安全部队的同时，美国将参与促成阿富汗各方和解的倡议，包括与塔利班和解。我们对此类谈判的立场很明确：谈判必须由阿富汗政府主导；凡希望成为和平阿富汗一部分的人，必须与“基地”组织决裂、放弃暴力，并遵守阿富汗宪法。但部分由于我们的军事努力，我们有理由相信可以取得进展。
The goal that we seek is achievable, and can be expressed simply: no safe haven from which al Qaeda or its affiliates can launch attacks against our homeland or our allies. We won't try to make Afghanistan a perfect place. We will not police its streets or patrol its mountains indefinitely. 我们追求的目标能够实现，而且可以简单地表述为：绝不让“基地”组织或其附属势力拥有能够向美国本土或盟友发动袭击的避风港。我们不会试图把阿富汗变成完美之地，也不会无限期地巡警其街道、巡逻其山地。
That is the responsibility of the Afghan government, which must step up its ability to protect its people, and move from an economy shaped by war to one that can sustain a lasting peace. What we can do, and will do, is build a partnership with the Afghan people that endures -- one that ensures that we will be able to continue targeting terrorists and supporting a sovereign Afghan government. 这是阿富汗政府的责任；它必须增强保护人民的能力，并使经济从受战争塑造的状态，转向能够支撑持久和平的状态。我们能够、也将要做的，是同阿富汗人民建立持久伙伴关系，确保我们能继续打击恐怖分子，并支持一个拥有主权的阿富汗政府。
Of course, our efforts must also address terrorist safe havens in Pakistan. No country is more endangered by the presence of violent extremists, which is why we will continue to press Pakistan to expand its participation in securing a more peaceful future for this war-torn region. 当然，我们的努力也必须处理巴基斯坦境内的恐怖分子避风港。没有哪个国家比巴基斯坦更受到暴力极端分子存在的威胁，因此我们将继续敦促巴基斯坦更充分参与，为这个饱受战争摧残的地区争取更和平的未来。
We'll work with the Pakistani government to root out the cancer of violent extremism, and we will insist that it keeps its commitments. For there should be no doubt that so long as I am President, the United States will never tolerate a safe haven for those who aim to kill us. They cannot elude us, nor escape the justice they deserve. 我们将与巴基斯坦政府合作，铲除暴力极端主义这一毒瘤，并坚持要求它信守承诺。毫无疑问，只要我仍是总统，美国绝不会容忍那些意图杀害我们的人拥有避风港。他们既无法逃避我们，也无法逃脱应得的正义审判。
My fellow Americans, this has been a difficult decade for our country. We've learned anew the profound cost of war -- a cost that's been paid by the nearly 4,500 Americans who have given their lives in Iraq, and the over 1,500 who have done so in Afghanistan -- men and women who will not live to enjoy the freedom that they defended. Thousands more have been wounded. Some have lost limbs on the battlefield, and others still battle the demons that have followed them home. 我的美国同胞们，过去十年对我们的国家极为艰难。我们再次认识到战争的沉重代价：近四千五百名美国人在伊拉克、逾一千五百人在阿富汗献出生命；这些男女将再也无法享受他们曾捍卫的自由。还有数千人受伤。有些人在战场上失去肢体，另一些人至今仍在与随他们返乡的心魔抗争。
Yet tonight, we take comfort in knowing that the tide of war is receding. Fewer of our sons and daughters are serving in harm's way. We've ended our combat mission in Iraq, with 100,000 American troops already out of that country. And even as there will be dark days ahead in Afghanistan, the light of a secure peace can be seen in the distance. These long wars will come to a responsible end. 然而今晚，想到战火的潮水正在退去，我们得到安慰。更少的子女正在危险地区服役。我们已结束在伊拉克的作战任务，十万名美军已撤离该国。即便阿富汗前方仍会有黑暗的日子，我们也已能望见安全和平的曙光。这些漫长的战争将以负责任的方式结束。
As they do, we must learn their lessons. Already this decade of war has caused many to question the nature of America's engagement around the world. Some would have America retreat from our responsibility as an anchor of global security, and embrace an isolation that ignores the very real threats that we face. Others would have America over-extended, confronting every evil that can be found abroad. 随着战争结束，我们必须吸取教训。这个战争十年已使许多人重新思考美国参与世界事务的性质。有人希望美国放弃作为全球安全支柱的责任，走向无视现实威胁的孤立主义；另一些人则希望美国过度扩张，在海外面对每一种邪恶。
We must chart a more centered course. Like generations before, we must embrace America's singular role in the course of human events. But we must be as pragmatic as we are passionate; as strategic as we are resolute. When threatened, we must respond with force -- but when that force can be targeted, we need not deploy large armies overseas. 我们必须开辟一条更居中的道路。正如前代人一样，我们必须承担美国在人类历史进程中独特的角色；但我们既要富有激情，也要务实；既要坚定，也要讲求战略。受到威胁时，我们必须以武力回应；但当武力能够精准运用时，我们无需向海外部署庞大军队。
When innocents are being slaughtered and global security endangered, we don't have to choose between standing idly by or acting on our own. Instead, we must rally international action, which we're doing in Libya, where we do not have a single soldier on the ground, but are supporting allies in protecting the Libyan people and giving them the chance to determine their own destiny. 当无辜者遭到屠杀、全球安全受到威胁时，我们不必在袖手旁观与单独行动之间二选一。相反，我们必须动员国际行动。我们正在利比亚这样做：那里没有一名美国地面士兵，但我们支持盟友保护利比亚人民，并让他们有机会决定自己的命运。
In all that we do, we must remember that what sets America apart is not solely our power -- it is the principles upon which our union was founded. We're a nation that brings our enemies to justice while adhering to the rule of law, and respecting the rights of all our citizens. 无论我们做什么，都必须记住，美国与众不同之处不只在于力量，更在于建国所依据的原则。我们把敌人绳之以法，同时遵循法治，尊重每一位公民的权利。
We protect our own freedom and prosperity by extending it to others. We stand not for empire, but for self-determination. That is why we have a stake in the democratic aspirations that are now washing across the Arab world. We will support those revolutions with fidelity to our ideals, with the power of our example, and with an unwavering belief that all human beings deserve to live with freedom and dignity. 我们通过把自由与繁荣延伸给他人来保护自己的自由与繁荣。我们不拥护帝国，而拥护民族自决。这正是我们关切民主诉求如今席卷阿拉伯世界的原因。我们将忠于理想、发挥榜样的力量，并坚定相信所有人都应在自由与尊严中生活，以此支持这些革命。
Above all, we are a nation whose strength abroad has been anchored in opportunity for our citizens here at home. Over the last decade, we have spent a trillion dollars on war, at a time of rising debt and hard economic times. Now, we must invest in America's greatest resource -- our people. We must unleash innovation that creates new jobs and industries, while living within our means. We must rebuild our infrastructure and find new and clean sources of energy. 最重要的是，我们这个国家在海外的力量，根植于国内为公民提供机会。过去十年，在债务上升、经济困难之际，我们已为战争花费一万亿美元。现在，我们必须投资于美国最伟大的资源——人民。我们必须释放创新活力，创造新的就业和产业，同时量入为出；必须重建基础设施，寻找新的清洁能源。
And most of all, after a decade of passionate debate, we must recapture the common purpose that we shared at the beginning of this time of war. For our nation draws strength from our differences, and when our union is strong no hill is too steep, no horizon is beyond our reach. 最重要的是，经历十年的激烈争论后，我们必须重拾战争之初共同拥有的目标。国家从差异中汲取力量；当我们的联邦团结强大，没有哪座山高不可攀，没有哪片地平线遥不可及。
America, it is time to focus on nation building here at home. 美国，现在该把重心放在国内的国家建设上了。
In this effort, we draw inspiration from our fellow Americans who have sacrificed so much on our behalf. To our troops, our veterans and their families, I speak for all Americans when I say that we will keep our sacred trust with you, and provide you with the care and benefits and opportunity that you deserve. 在这项努力中，我们从为我们作出巨大牺牲的美国同胞身上汲取灵感。对我们的军人、退伍军人及其家属，我代表全体美国人说：我们将坚守对你们的神圣承诺，向你们提供应得的照料、福利和机会。
I met some of these patriotic Americans at Fort Campbell. Awhile back, I spoke to the 101st Airborne that has fought to turn the tide in Afghanistan, and to the team that took out Osama bin Laden. Standing in front of a model of bin Laden's compound, the Navy SEAL who led that effort paid tribute to those who had been lost -- brothers and sisters in arms whose names are now written on bases where our troops stand guard overseas, and on headstones in quiet corners of our country where their memory will never be forgotten. 我在坎贝尔堡见过一些这样的爱国美国人。不久前，我曾向为扭转阿富汗战局而战的第101空降师，以及击毙奥萨马·本·拉登的行动小组讲话。带领那次行动的海军海豹突击队员站在本·拉登住所模型前，向牺牲者致敬——那些战友的名字，如今写在我们海外驻军守卫的基地里，也刻在祖国宁静角落的墓碑上，他们的记忆永不会被遗忘。
This officer -- like so many others I've met on bases, in Baghdad and Bagram, and at Walter Reed and Bethesda Naval Hospital -- spoke with humility about how his unit worked together as one, depending on each other, and trusting one another, as a family might do in a time of peril. 这位军官——正如我在基地、巴格达、巴格拉姆、沃尔特·里德和贝塞斯达海军医院见过的许多人一样——谦逊地讲述了他的部队如何团结一心、彼此依靠、彼此信任，如同一家人在危难时刻所做的那样。
That's a lesson worth remembering -- that we are all a part of one American family. Though we have known disagreement and division, we are bound together by the creed that is written into our founding documents, and a conviction that the United States of America is a country that can achieve whatever it sets out to accomplish. 这是值得铭记的一课：我们都是同一个美国家庭的一员。尽管我们有过分歧和分裂，但我们受建国文件中写下的信念维系在一起，也相信美利坚合众国能够完成她立志去做的一切。
Now, let us finish the work at hand. Let us responsibly end these wars, and reclaim the American Dream that is at the center of our story. With confidence in our cause, with faith in our fellow citizens, and with hope in our hearts, let us go about the work of extending the promise of America -- for this generation, and the next. 现在，让我们完成手头的工作。让我们以负责任的方式结束这些战争，重拾作为我们故事核心的美国梦。怀着对事业的信心、对同胞的信任和心中的希望，让我们致力于拓展美国的希望——为了这一代，也为了下一代。
May God bless our troops. 愿上帝保佑我们的军队。
And may God bless the United States of America. 愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。
