As President and Commander in Chief, my highest priority is the security of the American people. And on a regular basis, I convene members of my national security team for an in-depth review of our efforts to prevent terrorist attacks against our citizens -- around the world and here at home. We examine any known and emerging threats. We review our security posture and we make sure that we're taking every necessary measure to protect our people. 作为总统兼武装部队总司令，我的首要任务是保障美国人民的安全。我定期召集国家安全团队成员，深入审视我们为防止针对我国公民的恐怖袭击所做的各项努力——无论是在海外还是在国内。我们研判所有已知和正在显现的威胁。我们审查我们的安全态势，确保我们正在采取一切必要措施来保护我们的人民。
Today, I wanted to hold our meeting here -- rather than in the Situation Room at the White House, I wanted to hold it at the National Counterterrorism Center because this is the hub of where so many of our experts and efforts come together. And I want to thank our Director of National Intelligence Clapper, Jim Clapper, as well as NCTC Director Nick Rasmussen, and everybody at NCTC -- all of you -- for welcoming us here today. 今天，我希望在这里举行会议——而不是在白宫战情室，我选择在国家反恐中心召开，因为这里是我们众多专家和力量汇聚的枢纽。我要感谢国家情报总监克拉珀，吉姆·克拉珀，以及国家反恐中心主任尼克·拉斯穆森，还有国家反恐中心的每一位成员——你们所有人——感谢你们今天在这里接待我们。
Now, Nick, along with CIA Director Brennan and FBI Director Comey, provided a threat briefing. And Director Comey and Attorney General Lynch updated us on the investigation into the San Bernardino attacks. I reiterated that the investigation will continue to have the full support of the federal government and that we should leave no stone unturned in determining why and how these terrorists carried out that tragedy. 刚才，尼克与中央情报局局长布伦南、联邦调查局局长科米一起做了威胁简报。科米局长和司法部长林奇向我们通报了圣贝纳迪诺袭击事件的调查进展。我重申，联邦政府将继续全力支持这项调查，我们要千方百计查明这些恐怖分子为何以及如何制造了这场悲剧。
Secretary of Homeland Security Johnson updated us on the measures we're taking here at home to increase awareness, stay vigilant, and enhance the safety of the traveling public, especially with so many Americans traveling during the holidays. 国土安全部部长约翰逊向我们通报了我们在国内采取的措施，以提高公众意识、保持警惕，并加强出行民众的安全，尤其是在节假日期间有如此多美国人出行的情况下。
After the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, I know that a lot of Americans were anxious. And that's understandable. It's natural. What matters most to all of us are our friends and our families and our communities and their safety. That's true of folks inside of government as well as outside of government. 在巴黎和圣贝纳迪诺恐怖袭击发生后，我知道很多美国人感到焦虑。这是可以理解的，也是人之常情。对我们所有人来说，最重要的是我们的朋友、家人、社区以及他们的安全。无论是政府内部还是政府外部的人们都是如此。
But here's what I want every American to know. Since 9/11, we've taken extraordinary steps to strengthen our homeland security -- our borders, our ports, our airports, our aviation security, including enhanced watch lists and screening. And we've gotten much better -- thanks in part to the people in this room -- of preventing large, complex attacks like 9/11. 但我想让每一位美国人都知道这一点。自9·11事件以来，我们采取了非同寻常的措施来加强国土安全——包括我们的边境、港口、机场、航空安全，以及加强监控名单和筛查措施。我们在防止类似9·11那样的大规模复杂袭击方面已经做得好多了——这在一定程度上要归功于在座的各位。
Moreover -- and I think everybody here will agree -- we have the very best intelligence, counterterrorism, homeland security and law enforcement professionals in the world. Our folks are the best. Across our government, these dedicated professionals, including here at NCTC, are relentless, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 此外——我想在座的每个人都会同意——我们拥有世界上最优秀的情报、反恐、国土安全和执法专业人员。我们的人员是最棒的。在我们整个政府中，这些敬业的专业人员，包括国家反恐中心的各位，夜以继日，一年三百六十五天，毫不松懈。
At the operations center here, people from across our government work, literally shoulder-to-shoulder, pouring over the latest information, analyzing it, integrating it, connecting the dots. They're sharing information -- pushing it out across the federal government and, just as importantly, to our state and local partners. In other words, what you see here today is one, strong, united team. 在这里的行动中心，来自政府各部门的人员肩并肩地工作，仔细研读最新情报，进行分析、整合，将各种线索串联起来。他们共享信息——不仅在联邦政府内部传递，同样重要的是，也传递给我们的州和地方合作伙伴。换句话说，今天你们在这里看到的是一支强大而团结的队伍。
So our professionals have a remarkable record of success. Of course, when terrorists pull off a despicable act like what happened in San Bernardino it tears at our hearts. But it also stiffens our resolve to learn whatever lessons we can and to make any improvements that are needed. 因此，我们的专业人员有着骄人的成功记录。当然，当恐怖分子制造了像圣贝纳迪诺那样的卑劣行径时，它刺痛着我们的心。但这也更加坚定了我们的决心，要汲取一切教训，做出任何必要的改进。
In the meantime, what the world doesn't always see are the successes -- those terrorist plots that have been prevented. And that's how it should be. This work oftentimes demands secrecy. But as Americans, we should not forget how good these patriots are. Over the years, they have taken countless terrorists off the battlefield. They have disrupted plots. They've thwarted attacks. They have saved American lives. 与此同时，世界并不总能看到那些成功——那些被挫败的恐怖阴谋。而这正是应该的。这项工作往往需要保密。但作为美国人，我们不应忘记这些爱国者有多么出色。多年来，他们已将无数恐怖分子清除出战区。他们挫败了阴谋，阻止了袭击，挽救了美国人的生命。
And so, for everybody who is involved in our counterterrorism efforts, I want to say thank you, and the American people thank you. 因此，对于每一位参与我们反恐工作的人，我想说声谢谢，美国人民感谢你们。
I want to repeat what my team just told me. At this moment, our intelligence and counterterrorism professionals do not have any specific and credible information about an attack on the homeland. That said, we have to be vigilant. As I indicated in my address to the nation last week, we are in a new phase of terrorism, including lone actors and small groups of terrorists, like those in San Bernardino. Because they are smaller, often self-initiating, self-motivating, they're harder to detect, and that makes it harder to prevent. 我想重复我的团队刚刚告诉我的话。目前，我们的情报和反恐专业人员没有掌握任何关于本土遭受袭击的具体可信信息。话虽如此，我们必须保持警惕。正如我上周在全国讲话中所指出的，我们正处于恐怖主义的新阶段，包括独狼行动者和小型恐怖组织，就像圣贝纳迪诺的那些人一样。由于他们规模更小，往往是自发行动、自我激进化，因此更难被发现，也就更难防范。
But just as the threat evolves, so do we. We're constantly adapting, constantly improving, upping our game, getting better. And today, the mission to protect our homeland goes on, on three main fronts. 但正如威胁在演变，我们也在演变。我们不断调整，不断改进，不断提升我们的能力，不断进步。今天，保护我们国土的使命在三条主要战线上持续推进。
First, we're going after terrorists over there, where they plot and plan and spew their propaganda. As I described at the Pentagon, we're hitting ISIL harder than ever in Syria and Iraq. We are taking out their leaders. Our partners on the ground are fighting to push ISIL back, and ISIL has been losing territory. 第一，我们正在海外打击恐怖分子，在他们策划阴谋、散布宣传的地方将其铲除。正如我在五角大楼所阐述的，我们正在叙利亚和伊拉克对伊斯兰国发动前所未有的猛烈打击。我们正在消灭他们的领导人。我们的地面盟友正在奋力将伊斯兰国击退，伊斯兰国正在不断丧失领土。
Our Special Operations Forces are hard at work. We took out the ISIL leader in Libya. We've taken out terrorists in Yemen and Somalia. So we're sending a message: If you target Americans, you will have no safe haven. We will find you, and we will defend our nation. 我们的特种作战部队正在奋力作战。我们消灭了利比亚的伊斯兰国头目。我们在也门和索马里消灭了恐怖分子。我们发出的信息是：如果你把美国人作为目标，你将无处藏身。我们会找到你，我们将捍卫我们的国家。
Meanwhile, as always, we're working to protect Americans overseas -- including our military bases and servicemembers. And Secretary John Kerry updated us on security at our embassies and our diplomatic posts. 与此同时，一如既往，我们正努力保护海外的美国人——包括我们的军事基地和服役人员。约翰·克里国务卿向我们通报了我们大使馆和外交机构的安全情况。
Second, we continue to do everything in our power to prevent terrorists from getting into the United States. We're doing more with countries around the world, including our European partners, to prevent the flow of foreign terrorist fighters -- both to places like Syria and Iraq, and back into our countries. 第二，我们将继续尽一切努力防止恐怖分子进入美国。我们正与世界各国加强合作，包括我们的欧洲伙伴，以防止外国恐怖作战人员的流动——既防止他们前往叙利亚和伊拉克等地，也防止他们返回我们的国家。
We're implementing additional layers of security for visitors who come here under the Visa Waiver Program and we're working with Congress to make further improvements. Any refugee coming to the United States -- some of them victims of terrorism themselves -- will continue to get the most intensive scrutiny of any arrival. They go through up to two years of vetting, including biometric screening. And the review that I ordered into the fiancé visa program, under which the female terrorist in San Bernardino came here, is ongoing. 我们正在对根据免签证计划前来的访客增设额外的安全层级，我们正与国会合作推动进一步改进。任何来到美国的难民——其中一些本身就是恐怖主义的受害者——都将继续接受最严格的入境审查。他们要经过长达两年的审核，包括生物特征筛查。我下令对未婚夫签证项目进行的审查也在进行中，圣贝纳迪诺的女性恐怖分子就是通过该项目入境的。
Third, we're stepping up our efforts to prevent attacks here at home. As I said, the NCTC is constantly sharing information with our state and local partners. Across the country more than 100 joint terrorism task forces are the action arm of this fight -- federal, state, and local experts all working together to disrupt threats. At the state level, fusion cells are receiving tips and pushing information out to local law enforcement. Just yesterday the Department of Homeland Security updated its alert system to make sure Americans are getting the most timely and useful information. 第三，我们正在加大力度防止国内发生袭击。正如我所说，国家反恐中心不断与我们的州和地方合作伙伴共享信息。在全国范围内，一百多个联合反恐特遣部队是这场斗争的行动臂膀——联邦、州和地方专家齐心协力，挫败威胁。在州一级，融合中心接收线索并向地方执法部门推送信息。就在昨天，国土安全部更新了其警报系统，以确保美国人获得最及时、最有用的信息。
And with groups like ISIL trying to radicalize people to violence, especially online, part of our meeting today focused on how we can continue to strengthen our partnership between law enforcement, high-tech leaders, communities, faith leaders, and citizens. We've got to keep on building up trust and cooperation that helps communities inoculate themselves from the kind of propaganda that ISIL is spewing out, preventing their loved ones -- especially young people -- from succumbing to terrorist ideologies in the first place. 由于像伊斯兰国这样的组织试图煽动人们实施暴力，尤其是在网上，我们今天会议的部分内容聚焦于如何继续加强执法部门、高科技企业领导人、社区、宗教领袖和公民之间的合作。我们必须继续建立信任与合作，帮助社区抵御伊斯兰国散布的那种宣传，从一开始就防止他们的亲人——尤其是年轻人——屈从于恐怖主义意识形态。
And finally, one of our greatest weapons against terrorism is our own strength and resilience as a people. That means staying vigilant -- if you see something suspicious, say something to law enforcement. It also means staying united as one American family -- remembering that our greatest allies in this fight are each other, Americans of all faiths and all backgrounds. And when Americans stand together, nothing can beat us. 最后，我们对抗恐怖主义最强大的武器之一，是我们作为一个民族的力量和韧性。这意味着保持警惕——如果你看到可疑情况，就向执法部门报告。这也意味着作为一个美利坚大家庭保持团结——记住，在这场斗争中我们最伟大的盟友就是彼此，是所有信仰、所有背景的美国人。当美国人站在一起时，没有什么能打败我们。
Most of all, we cannot give in to fear, or change how we live our lives, because that's what terrorists want. That's the only leverage that they have. They can't defeat us on a battlefield, but they can lead us to change in ways that would undermine what this country is all about. And that's what we have to guard against. We have to remind ourselves that when we stay true to our values, nothing can beat us. 最重要的是，我们不能屈服于恐惧，不能改变我们的生活方式，因为那正是恐怖分子想要的。那是他们唯一的筹码。他们无法在战场上击败我们，但他们可以诱使我们做出改变，而这些改变会损害这个国家的根本精神。这正是我们必须警惕的。我们必须提醒自己，当我们坚守我们的价值观时，没有什么能打败我们。
So anyone trying to harm Americans need to know -- they need to know that we're strong and that we're resilient, that we will not be terrorized. We've prevailed over much greater threats than this. We will prevail again. 因此，任何想要伤害美国人的人都需要知道——他们需要知道，我们强大，我们坚韧，我们不会被恐吓。我们曾战胜过比这大得多的威胁。我们将再次取得胜利。
So I want to once again thank all of you at NCTC and every one of your home agencies across our entire government for your extraordinary service. 因此，我要再次感谢国家反恐中心的各位，以及我们整个政府中各位所属机构的每一个人，感谢你们卓越的奉献。
I want every American to know -- as you go about the holidays, as you travel and gather with family, and the kids open their presents, and as you ring in the New Year -- that you've got dedicated patriots working around the clock all across the country to protect us all. Oftentimes they're doing so by sacrificing their own holidays and their own time with families. But they care about this deeply. And they're the best in the world. And for that, we're very grateful. 我想让每一位美国人都知道——当你们欢度假期、出行旅行、与家人团聚，当孩子们打开礼物，当你们迎接新年的时候——有敬业的爱国者们在全国各地昼夜不停地工作，保护我们所有人。他们往往牺牲了自己的假期和与家人团聚的时间。但他们深切地关心着这一切。他们是世界上最棒的。为此，我们深表感激。
Thank you, everybody. 谢谢大家。
Happy holidays. 节日快乐。