President Obama and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at a G8/G5 summit in Italy, July 2009
奥巴马与卡扎菲在意大利八国集团峰会上擦肩而过,摄于2009年7月
In July 2012, with his reelection campaign in full swing, Obama was asked in a CBS interview to assess his first-term failures.
2012年7月,奥巴马连任成功,在哥伦比亚广播公司的采访中被问及如何评价其首任任期中的失策。
“The mistake of my first term, couple of years, was thinking that this job was just about getting the policy right,” Obama said. He continued, “And that’s important. But the nature of this office is also to tell a story to the American people that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and optimism, especially during tough times.”
“我首任任期这几年中的错误,就是我老想着我的工作就是去确保政策的正确”奥巴马说道“这确实很重要,但是呢,政府的本职也是要告诉美国人民一个愿景并给予他们团结,希望和乐观的心态,特别是在困难时期。”
Obama reflected that the doubts about him during the 2008 campaign — when “everybody said, ‘Well he can give a good speech but can he actually, you know, manage the job?’” — had by 2012 morphed into: “‘Well, he’s been juggling and managing a lot of stuff, but, you know, where’s the story that tells us where he’s going?’” And, the president admitted, “I think that was a legitimate criticism.”
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