your weekly address-20160227

your weekly address-20160227

Published on Feb 29
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更多内容敬请关注本订阅号微信公众号“每周英语”,微信号“weekly_english”,更方便更智能。<br><br>在本周的演讲中,奥巴马陈述了在打击IS上取得的进展,导致了IS在各方面的困难;同时,他也提到了在叙利亚达成的停火协议,以便让人道主义援助能顺利开展;最后他谈到了在美国本土安全上政府高度重视。<br><br>Hi, everybody. This week, we continued our mission to destroy ISIL. This remains a difficult fight, and the situation in Syria and Iraq is incredibly complex. ISIL is entrenched(根深蒂固的), including in urban areas. It uses innocent civilians as human shields. Despite these challenges, I can report that we’re making progress. And this week, I directed my team to continue accelerating our campaign(作战) on all fronts.<br> <br>Our 66-member coalition(联盟), including Arab partners, continues to grow stronger. More nations are making more contributions. Every day, our air campaign—more than 10,000 strikes so far—continues to destroy ISIL forces. And we continue to go after ISIL leaders and commanders—taking them out, day in, day out, one after another after another.<br> <br>In Iraq, ISIL has now lost more than 40 percent of the ...