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- Obama Administration Seeks Support For Spending
- 歐巴馬政府尋求支援增加開支
- Key members of the Obama Administration are trying to rally support for a controversial $3.8 trillion budget.
- 歐巴馬政府的主要成員正在尋求支援有爭議性的 3.8 兆美元的預算。
- That projects massive deficits, and calls for large spending increases to fight unemployment and improve education.
- 這份預算預計將有大規模財政赤字，並用大幅增加支出來解決失業問題和改善教育。
- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told a Senate committee Tuesday, that Congress and the White House must work together to boost economic growth and create jobs.
- 美國財政部長蓋特納星期二對一個參議院委員會說，國會和白宮必須一起努力來推動經濟發展和創造就業。
- The budget published Monday proposes more efforts to cut the 10 percent unemployment rate, including tax incentives intended to help small businesses.
- 星期一發佈的預算提議採取更多措施降低目前 10 % 的失業率，這些措施包括旨在幫助小企業的稅收優惠。
- The budget plan projects a record $1.6 trillion deficit this year, and a slightly smaller deficit in the next budget year (which begins October 1).
- 預算預計今年財政赤字將達到 1.6兆美元的歷史最高水準，下一年度的赤字將稍有下降。
- Opposition Republicans are criticizing the Obama budget as wasteful and ineffective.
- 反對黨共和黨批評歐巴馬的預算浪費而且無效用。
- Geithner says once the economic recovery is underway and the employment picture improves, it will be time to attack the deficit.
- 蓋特納說，一旦經濟復蘇上了軌道，就業狀況有所改善，就將著手解決赤字問題。
- He says deficits hurt the economy because they cause interest rates to rise and slow growth.
- 他說，財政赤字有損經濟，因為會導致利率上升，經濟增長放緩。
- The budget has to win congressional approval before it can become law, a process that could take months.
- 預算必須獲得國會批准後才能生效，而這一過程可能需要數個月之久。
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- China Writes Off Most Iraqi Debt
- 中國取消伊拉克大部分債務
- Iraq says China has agreed to cancel 80-percent of the debt Baghdad owes Beijing.
- 伊拉克說，中國同意取消巴格達所欠北京 80 % 的債務。
- The Iraqi finance ministry says Iraq owes China $8.5 billion.
- 伊拉克財政部說，伊拉克欠中國 85 億美元。
- It says the debt agreement was reached after talks between top Iraqi and Chinese officials.
- 伊拉克和中國官員舉行會談後達成這項減免債務協議。
- China did not provide specific figures.
- 中國方面沒有提供具體數字。
- But a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman told the French press agency that a deal was reached to, in his words, "substantially cancel" the Iraqi debt.
- 但是中國外交部發言人對法新社說，雙方達成“大幅度取消”伊拉克債務的協議；這項協議將進一步促進在伊拉克的中國商業利益。
- The agreement could further boost China's business interests in Iraq. The state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation has secured some of the biggest deals in the Iraqi oil sector since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
- 自從美國領導的盟軍 2003 年入侵伊拉克，推翻薩達姆‧候賽因政權以來，中國國營公司中石油獲得伊拉克石油行業一些最大的合同。
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