Hello, Fort Campbell! 101st Airborne Division -- Air Assault, hello! 你好，坎贝尔堡！第101空降师——空中突击部队，你们好！
General Colt, thank you for that great introduction -- it was great because it was brief. More importantly, thank you for the extraordinary leadership that you’ve shown here at one of the largest Army bases in America. 科尔特将军，感谢你精彩的介绍——之所以精彩是因为简短。更重要的是，感谢你在美国最大的陆军基地之一所展现的卓越领导力。
And let me just say, I make a lot of decisions; one of the earliest and best decisions I made was choosing one of the finest Vice Presidents in our history -- Joe Biden, right here. 我还要说，我做过很多决策；其中最早也是最好的决策之一，就是选择了我国历史上最出色的副总统之一——乔·拜登，就在这里。
Chaplain Miller, thank you for the beautiful invocation. 米勒牧师，感谢你美好的祈祷。
I want to thank General Colt for welcoming me here today, along with your great Command Sergeant Major, Wayne St. Louis. The Quartet and 101st Division Band. All these troopers behind me -- you look great. You noticed they kind of hesitated. 我要感谢科尔特将军今天对我的欢迎，还有你们出色的军士长韦恩·圣路易斯。四重唱和第101师乐队。我身后所有这些官兵——你们看起来棒极了。大家注意到他们有点犹豫了。
We got a lot of folks in the house. We’ve got military police and medical personnel. We’ve got the Green Berets of the 5th Special Forces Group. I think we’ve got a few Air Force here. Oh -- Well, we thought we did. There they go -- okay. Come on. And, of course, the legendary Screaming Eagles. And although they’re not in the audience, I want to acknowledge the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment -- the Night Stalkers -- for their extraordinary service. 今天来了很多人。我们有宪兵和医疗人员。我们有第五特种部队群的绿色贝雷帽。我想我们还有几位空军的人。哦——嗯，我们以为有。他们在那儿——好的。来吧。当然，还有传奇的"尖叫之鹰"。虽然他们不在观众席上，但我要向第160特种作战航空团——"夜行者"——的非凡服务致敬。
Now, I’ve got to say, some of you are starting to look a little familiar -- because last December, when we were at Bagram, I was out there to thank you for your service, especially during the holidays. And we had a great rally, a big crowd -- it seemed like everybody was there from the 101st. 我得说，你们中有些人开始让我觉得有点面熟了——因为去年十二月我们在巴格拉姆时，我到那里感谢你们的服役，尤其是在节假日期间。那是一次盛大的集会，人山人海——似乎第101师的所有人都到了。
And since then, I know we’ve had quite a few homecomings. The Rakkasans. Destiny. Strike. Bastogne. And some of the Division Headquarters -- the Gladiators. On behalf of a grateful nation -- welcome home. 自那以后，我知道你们迎来了不少回家的人。拉卡桑部队。命运部队。打击部队。巴斯顿部队。还有师部的一些人——角斗士部队。代表一个感恩的国家——欢迎回家。
Of course, our thoughts and prayers are with General Campbell, Command Sergeant Major Schroeder, and all of the Screaming Eagles and troops that are still risking their lives in theater. And I’m so pleased that Ann Campbell and Marla Schroeder, and some of the inspiring military spouses are here. Where are they at? Right over there. We are grateful to you. God bless you. There they are. Thank you so much. This happens to be Military Spouse Appreciation Day. And we honor your service as well. 当然，我们的思念和祈祷与坎贝尔将军、施罗德军士长以及所有仍在战区冒着生命危险的"尖叫之鹰"和官兵们同在。我也很高兴安·坎贝尔和玛丽拉·施罗德，以及一些令人敬佩的军嫂们也在这里。她们在哪里？就在那边。我们感激你们。愿上帝保佑你们。她们在那儿。非常感谢。今天正好是军人配偶感恩日。我们也向你们的服务致敬。
Now, I didn’t come here to make a really long speech. I know you're hearing that. It’s like, yeah, it’s hot! What I really wanted to do was come down and shake some hands. I came here for a simple reason -- to say thank you on behalf of America. This has been an historic week in the life of our nation. Thanks to the incredible skill and courage of countless individuals -- intelligence, military -- over many years, the terrorist leader who struck our nation on 9/11 will never threaten America again. 我来这里不是要做一个很长的演讲。我知道你们心里在想什么。心想：是啊，天好热！我真正想做的是下来握握一些手。我来这里有一个简单的理由——代表美国说一声谢谢。这是我国历史上具有历史意义的一周。多亏了无数人多年来展现的惊人技能和勇气——情报人员和军方人员——在9月11日袭击我国的恐怖分子头目再也不能威胁美国了。
Yesterday, I traveled to New York City, and, along with some of our 9/11 families, laid a wreath at Ground Zero in memory of their loved ones. I met with the first responders -- the firefighters, the police officers, the Port Authority officers -- who lost so many of their own when they rushed into those burning towers. I promised that our nation will never forget those we lost that dark September day. 昨天，我前往纽约市，与我们一些9·11遇难者家属一起在归零地敬献了花圈，缅怀他们的亲人。我会见了那些最先赶到现场的人——消防员、警察、港务局警官——他们在冲进那些燃烧的塔楼时失去了那么多同伴。我承诺，我们的国家永远不会忘记在那个黑暗的九月日子里逝去的人们。
And today, here at Fort Campbell, I had the privilege of meeting the extraordinary Special Ops folks who honored that promise. It was a chance for me to say -- on behalf of all Americans and people around the world -- “Job well done.” Job well done. 而今天，在坎贝尔堡，我有幸见到了兑现了这一承诺的特种作战人员。这让我有机会代表所有美国人和全世界人民说一句——"干得好。"干得好。
They’re America’s “quiet professionals” -- because success demands secrecy. But I will say this. Like all of you, they could have chosen a life of ease. But like you, they volunteered. They chose to serve in a time of war, knowing they could be sent into harm’s way. They trained for years. They’re battle-hardened. They practiced tirelessly for this mission. And when I gave the order, they were ready. 他们是美国的"沉默专业人士"——因为成功需要保密。但我要说的是，和你们所有人一样，他们本可以选择安逸的生活。但和你们一样，他们自愿参军。他们选择在战争时期服役，明知可能被派往危险之地。他们训练了多年。他们久经沙场。他们为这次任务不知疲倦地演练。当我下达命令时，他们已经准备好了。
Now, in recent days, the whole world has learned just how ready they were. These Americans deserve credit for one of the greatest intelligence military operations in our nation’s history. But so does every person who wears America’s uniform, the finest military the world has ever known. And that includes all of you men and women of 101st. 如今，全世界都已看到他们准备得有多充分。这些美国人理应因我国历史上最伟大的情报军事行动之一而获得赞誉。但每一个身穿美国军服的人同样功不可没，你们是世界上有史以来最出色的军队。这包括你们101师的所有男女官兵。
You have been on the frontlines of this fight for nearly 10 years. You were there in those early days, driving the Taliban from power, pushing al Qaeda out of its safe havens. Over time, as the insurgency grew, you went back for, in some cases, a second time, a third time, a fourth time. 你们在这场战斗的前线已经战斗了近十年。在最初的那些日子里，你们就在那里，把塔利班赶下台，将基地组织赶出其安全避难所。随着时间推移，叛乱势力抬头，你们又回去了，有的第二次，有的第三次，有的第四次。
When the decision was made to go into Iraq, you were there, too, making the longest air assault in history, defeating a vicious insurgency, ultimately giving Iraqis the chance to secure their democracy. And you’ve been at the forefront of our new strategy in Afghanistan. 当决定出兵伊拉克时，你们也在那里，进行了历史上最长的空中突击，击败了凶残的叛乱势力，最终给伊拉克人争取到了巩固民主的机会。而你们也一直处于我们在阿富汗新战略的最前沿。
Sending you -- more of you -- into harm’s way is the toughest decision that I’ve made as Commander-in-Chief. I don’t make it lightly. Every time I visit Walter Reed, every time I visit Bethesda, I’m reminded of the wages of war. But I made that decision because I know that this mission was vital to the security of the nation that we all love. 将你们——更多的人——送入险境，是我作为总司令所做的最艰难的决定。我不会轻率做出这个决定。每次我访问沃尔特·里德医院，每次我访问贝塞斯达医院，我都被战争的代价所触动。但我做出那个决定，是因为我知道这项任务对我们所有人所热爱的国家的安全至关重要。
And I know it hasn’t been easy for you and it hasn’t, certainly, been easy for your families. Since 9/11, no base has deployed more often, and few bases have sacrificed more than you. We see it in our heroic wounded warriors, fighting every day to recover, and who deserve the absolute best care in the world. We see it in the mental and emotional toll that’s been taken -- in some cases, some good people, good soldiers who’ve taken their own lives. 我知道这对你们来说并不容易，对你们的家人来说当然更不容易。自9·11以来，没有哪个基地比你们更频繁地部署，也很少有基地比你们牺牲更多。我们从那些英勇的伤员身上看到了这一点，他们每天都在为康复而战斗，理应得到世界上最好的照顾。我们从精神和情感上的代价中看到了这一点——有些好人、好士兵甚至结束了自己的生命。
So we’re going to keep saying to anybody who is hurting out there, don’t give up. You’re not alone. Your country needs you. We’re here for you to keep you strong. 因此，我们会继续对任何一个正在痛苦中挣扎的人说：不要放弃。你们并不孤单。你们的国家需要你们。我们在这里支持你们，让你们保持坚强。
And most of all, we see the price of this war in the 125 soldiers from Fort Campbell who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice during this deployment to Afghanistan. And every memorial ceremony -- every “Eagle Remembrance” -- is a solemn reminder of the heavy burdens of war, but also the values of loyalty and duty and honor that have defined your lives. 而最重要的是，我们从坎贝尔堡在这次部署到阿富汗期间牺牲的125名士兵身上看到了这场战争的代价。每一次纪念仪式——每一次"鹰之缅怀"——都是对战争沉重负担的庄严提醒，也是对忠诚、责任和荣誉这些价值观的提醒，正是这些价值观定义了你们的人生。
So here’s what each of you must know. Because of your service, because of your sacrifices, we’re making progress in Afghanistan. In some of the toughest parts of the country, General Campbell and the 101st are taking insurgents and their leaders off the battlefield and helping Afghans reclaim their communities. 所以，你们每一个人都必须知道：因为你们的服役，因为你们的牺牲，我们在阿富汗正在取得进展。在该国一些最艰难的地区，坎贝尔将军和第101师正在将叛乱分子及其领导人从战场上清除，并帮助阿富汗人收复他们的社区。
Across Afghanistan, we’ve broken the Taliban’s momentum. In key regions, we’ve seized the momentum, pushing them out of their strongholds. We’re building the capacity of Afghans, partnering with communities and police and security forces, which are growing stronger. 在阿富汗各地，我们已经打破了塔利班的势头。在关键地区，我们已经夺取了主动权，将他们赶出据点。我们正在提升阿富汗人的能力，与社区、警察和安全部队合作，这些力量正在不断增强。
And most of all, we’re making progress in our major goal, our central goal in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and that is disrupting and dismantling -- and we are going to ultimately defeat al Qaeda. We have cut off their head and we will ultimately defeat them. 最重要的是，我们在巴基斯坦和阿富汗的主要目标、核心目标上正在取得进展，那就是瓦解和摧毁——我们最终将击败基地组织。我们已经斩断了他们的头颅，我们将最终击败他们。
Even before this week’s operation, we’ve put al Qaeda’s leadership under more pressure than at any time since 9/11, on both sides of the border. So the bottom line is this: Our strategy is working, and there’s no greater evidence of that than justice finally being delivered to Osama bin Laden. 甚至在本周的行动之前，我们就已经让基地组织的领导层承受了自9·11以来前所未有的压力，在边境两侧都是如此。所以结论是：我们的战略正在奏效，而最好的证据就是正义终于被伸张到了本·拉登身上。
But I don’t want to fool you. This continues to be a very tough fight. You know that. But because of this progress, we’re moving into a new phase. In the coming months, we’ll start transferring responsibility for security to Afghan forces. Starting this summer, we’ll begin reducing American forces. As we transition, we’ll build a long-term partnership with the Afghan people, so that al Qaeda can never again threaten America from that country. 但我不想欺骗你们。这仍然是一场非常艰难的战斗。你们知道这一点。但正因为取得了这些进展，我们正在进入一个新阶段。在未来几个月里，我们将开始向阿富汗安全部队移交安全责任。从今年夏天开始，我们将开始减少美军兵力。在过渡期间，我们将与阿富汗人民建立长期伙伴关系，使基地组织永远无法再从那个国家威胁美国。
And, as your Commander-in-Chief, I’m confident that we’re going to succeed in this mission. The reason I’m confident is because in you I see the strength of America’s military -- and because in recent days we’ve all seen the resilience of the American spirit. 作为你们的总司令，我有信心我们将在这项任务中取得成功。我之所以有信心，是因为在你们身上我看到了美国军队的力量——也因为最近几天我们都看到了美国精神的韧性。
Now, this week I received a letter from a girl in New Jersey named Payton Wall. She wrote to me on Monday after the news that bin Laden had been killed, and she explained how she still remembers that September morning almost 10 years ago. She was only four years old. 本周，我收到了一封来自新泽西州女孩佩顿·沃尔的信。她在本·拉登被击毙的消息传出后的周一写信给我，讲述了她如何依然记得将近十年前那个九月的早晨。那时她只有四岁。
Her father, Glen, was trapped inside the World Trade Center. And so, in those final, frantic moments, knowing he might not make it, he called home. And Payton remembers watching her mom sobbing as she spoke to her husband and then passed the phone to Payton. And in words that were hard to hear but which she’s never forgotten, he said to her, “I love you Payton, and I will always be watching over you.” 她的父亲格伦被困在世界贸易中心内。于是，在那些最后的、慌乱的时刻里，知道自己可能无法幸免，他给家里打了电话。佩顿记得看着妈妈一边和丈夫通话一边哭泣，然后把电话递给了佩顿。他用她难以听清却永生难忘的话语对她说："我爱你，佩顿，我会永远守护着你。"
So yesterday, Payton, her mom, and her sister, Avery, joined me at Ground Zero. And now Payton is 14. These past 10 years have been tough for her. In her letter, she said, “Ever since my father died, I lost a part of me that can never be replaced.” And she describes her childhood as a “little girl struggling to shine through all the darkness in her life.” 所以昨天，佩顿、她的妈妈和妹妹艾弗里陪我一起到了归零地。佩顿现在十四岁了。过去的十年对她来说很艰难。她在信中说："自从父亲去世后，我失去了自己身上的一部分，永远无法被替代。"她把自己的童年描述为一个"在生命中所有黑暗中努力闪光的女孩"。
But every year, more and more, Payton is shining through. She’s playing a lot of sports, including lacrosse and track, just like her dad. She’s doing well in school. She’s mentoring younger students. She’s looking ahead to high school in the fall. And so, yesterday she was with us -- a strong, confident young woman -- honoring her father’s memory, even as she set her sights on the future. 但每一年，佩顿都在越来越多地发光。她参加了很多体育运动，包括曲棍球和田径，就像她爸爸一样。她在学校表现很好。她在辅导低年级学生。她期待着今年秋天升入高中。所以昨天她和我们在一起——一个坚强、自信的年轻女性——在缅怀父亲的同时，也将目光投向了未来。
And for her and for all of us, this week has been a reminder of what we’re about as a people. It’s easy to forget sometimes, especially in times of hardship, times of uncertainty. We’re coming out of the worst recession since the Great Depression; haven’t fully recovered from that. We’ve made enormous sacrifices in two wars. But the essence of America -- the values that have defined us for more than 200 years -- they don’t just endure; they are stronger than ever. 对她和对我们所有人来说，这一周提醒了我们作为人民的核心所在。有时候我们很容易忘记，尤其是在困难时期、不确定的时期。我们正在走出大萧条以来最严重的经济衰退，尚未完全恢复。我们在两场战争中做出了巨大牺牲。但美国的本质——两百多年来定义我们的价值观——它们不仅存续着，而且比以往任何时候都更加强大。
We’re still the America that does the hard things, that does the great things. We’re the nation that always dared to dream. We’re the nation that’s willing to take risks -- revolutionaries breaking free from an empire; pioneers heading West to settle new frontiers; innovators building railways and laying the highways and putting a man on the surface of the moon. 我们仍然是那个敢于做艰难之事、做伟大之事的美国。我们是那个始终敢于梦想的国家。我们是那个愿意冒险的国家——从帝国手中争取独立的革命者；向西开拓新边疆的先驱者；修建铁路、铺设公路、将人类送上月球表面的创新者。
We are the nation -- and you’re the Division -- that parachuted behind enemy lines on D-Day, freeing a continent, liberating concentration camps. We’re the nation that, all those years ago, sent your Division to a high school in Arkansas so that nine black students could get an education. That was you. Because we believed that all men are created equal; that everyone deserves a chance to realize their God-given potential. 我们就是那个国家——你们就是那个师——在诺曼底登陆日空降敌后，解放了一个大陆，解放了集中营。我们就是那个在多年前派遣你们师前往阿肯色州一所高中的国家，为了让九名黑人学生能够接受教育。那就是你们。因为我们相信人人生而平等，相信每个人都应有机会实现造物主赋予的潜能。
We’re the nation that has faced tough times before -- tougher times than these. But when our Union frayed, when the Depression came, when our harbor was bombed, when our country was attacked on that September day, when disaster strikes like that tornado that just ripped through this region, we do not falter. We don’t turn back. We pick ourselves up and we get on with the hard task of keeping our country strong and safe. 我们是一个曾面对过比现在更艰难时刻的国家。但当我们的联邦出现裂痕，当大萧条来临，当我们的港口遭到轰炸，当我们的国家在那个九月日子遭到袭击，当灾难像刚刚席卷这一地区的龙卷风一样降临时，我们不会退缩。我们不会回头。我们振作起来，继续肩负起让我们的国家强大和安全的艰巨使命。
See, there’s nothing we can’t do together, 101st, when we remember who we are, at that is the United States of America. When we remember that, no problem is too hard and no challenge is too great. 看吧，当我们记住自己是谁——那就是美利坚合众国——的时候，101师，没有什么我们不能一起做到的事。当我们铭记这一点时，没有哪个难题是太难的，没有哪个挑战是太大的。
And that is why I am so confident that, with your brave service, America’s greatest days are still to come. 正因如此，我深信凭借你们勇敢的服役，美国最伟大的日子还在前方。
God bless you. 愿上帝保佑你们。
God bless the 101st. 愿上帝保佑第101师。
And God bless the United States of America. 愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。