President Obama: Thank you. Thank you, guys. Let me say Multinational Force Iraq, Multinational Corps Iraq, Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq First Corps, America's Corp Band: Thanks to all of you. Listen, I am so honored. 奥巴马总统：谢谢大家。谢谢你们，伙计们。请允许我向驻伊多国部队、驻伊多国军团、驻伊多国安全过渡指挥部第一军团、美国军团乐队致意：感谢你们所有人。听着，我深感荣幸。
Audience Member: We love you. 观众成员：我们爱你。
President Obama: I love you back. I am honored -- I'm honored and grateful to be with all of you. And I'm not going to talk long because I want to shake as many hands as I can. And I've been talking all week. But there's a couple of things I want to say. Number one, thank you. 奥巴马总统：我也爱你们。我深感荣幸——能与你们所有人在一起，我感到荣幸和感激。我不会讲太久，因为我想尽可能多地和大家握手。这一周我一直在讲话。但有几件事我想对你们说。第一，谢谢你们。
You know, when I was at Camp Lejeune I spoke about what it means for America to see our best and brightest, our finest young men and women serve us. And what I said then is something that I want to repeat to you, which is: You have performed brilliantly in every mission that has been given to you. 要知道，当我在勒琼兵营时，我曾谈到美国能看到最优秀、最聪慧、最杰出的青年男女为我们服役意味着什么。我当时所说的话，今天我想向你们重申，那就是：你们在每一次赋予你们的任务中都表现得无比出色。
Under enormous strain and under enormous sacrifice, through controversy and difficulty and politics, you've kept your eyes focused on just doing your job. And because of that, every mission that's been assigned -- from getting rid of Saddam, to reducing violence, to stabilizing the country, to facilitating elections -- you have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own as a democratic country. That is an extraordinary achievement, and for that you have the thanks of the American people. That's point number one. 在巨大的压力和巨大的牺牲之下，在争议、困难和政治纷争之中，你们始终专注于做好本职工作。正因如此，每一项交给你们的任务——从推翻萨达姆，到减少暴力，到稳定国家，到推动选举——你们都让伊拉克有机会作为一个民主国家自立于世。这是一项非凡的成就，为此你们赢得了美国人民的感谢。这是第一点。
Point number two is, this is going to be a critical period, these next 18 months. I was just discussing this with your commander, but I think it's something that all of you know. It is time for us to transition to the Iraqis. They need to take responsibility for their country and for their sovereignty. 第二点是，接下来的18个月将是一个关键时期。我刚才与你们的指挥官讨论过这件事，但我认为这是你们所有人都清楚的事。现在是我们向伊拉克人移交责任的时候了。他们需要为自己的国家和自己的主权承担责任。
And in order for them to do that, they have got to make political accommodations. They're going to have to decide that they want to resolve their differences through constitutional means and legal means. They are going to have to focus on providing government services that encourage confidence among their citizens. 而要做到这一点，他们必须达成政治上的妥协。他们必须决定通过宪法手段和法律手段来解决分歧。他们必须专注于提供能让公民产生信心的政府服务。
All those things they have to do. We can't do it for them. But what we can do is make sure that we are a stalwart partner, that we are working alongside them, that we are committed to their success, that in terms of training their security forces, training their civilian forces in order to achieve a more effective government, they know that they have a steady partner with us. 所有这些都是他们必须做的事。我们无法替他们完成。但我们能做的是确保我们成为他们坚定的伙伴，与他们并肩工作，致力于他们的成功，在训练他们的安全部队、训练他们的文职人员以建立更高效的政府方面，让他们知道有我们这样一个稳定的伙伴。
And so just as we thank you for what you've already accomplished, I want to say thank you because you will be critical in terms of us being able to make sure that Iraq is stable, that it is not a safe haven for terrorists, that it is a good neighbor and a good ally, and we can start bringing our folks home. So now is not the time to lose focus. We have to be even more focused than we've been in order to achieve success. 因此，正如我们感谢你们已经取得的成就一样，我也要向你们说声谢谢，因为对于确保伊拉克的稳定、使其不再成为恐怖分子的避风港、成为好邻居和好盟友、让我们能开始接我们的战士回家，你们都将发挥关键作用。所以现在不是松懈的时候。我们必须比以往更加专注，才能取得成功。
The last point I want to make is I know how hard it's been on a lot of you. You've been away from your families, many of you for multiple rotations. You've seen buddies of yours injured and you remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. 最后我想说的一点是，我知道这对你们很多人来说有多么艰难。你们远离家人，许多人已经多次轮换部署。你们目睹战友负伤，也铭记着那些做出最终牺牲的人。
There are probably some people here who have seen children born and have been missing watching them grow up. There are many of you who have listened to your spouse and the extraordinary sacrifices that they have to make when you're gone. 在座可能有些人亲眼见证孩子出生，却错过了看着他们长大的过程。你们中有许多人倾听过配偶的倾诉，体察过你们不在时他们所付出的非凡牺牲。
And so I want you to know that Michelle and myself are doing everything -- are doing everything we can to provide additional support for military families. The federal budget that I have introduced increases support for military families. We are going to do everything required to make sure that the commitment we make to our veterans is met, and that people don't have to fight for what they have earned as a consequence of their service. 因此，我想让你们知道，米歇尔和我正在尽一切努力——尽一切努力为军人家庭提供额外支持。我提出的联邦预算加大了对军人家庭的支持力度。我们将尽一切所需，确保我们对退伍军人所作的承诺得以兑现，让人们不必为自己因服役而应得的待遇再去争取。
The main point I want to make is we have not forgotten what you have already done, we are grateful for what you will do, and as long as I am in the White House, you are going to get the support that you need and the thanks that you deserve from a grateful nation. 我想强调的是，我们没有忘记你们已经做出的贡献，我们感激你们将要付出的一切，只要我还在白宫，你们就将得到所需的支持，以及一个感恩的国家所给予你们的应有感谢。
So thank you very much everybody. God bless you. 所以非常感谢大家。愿上帝保佑你们。
God bless the United States of America. 愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。