Powell rejects advice to resign over Iraq war

　　US Secretary of State Colin Powell dismissed a widely-publicized suggestion that he resign from President George W. Bush 's administration over the war in Iraq.美国国务卿鲍威尔驳斥了近日一传播广泛的建议--由于伊拉克战争，应向布什政府辞职。

　　Powell, who is seen as the most moderate member of the Bush cabinet and the lone liberal among a stable of social conservatives, said he fully agreed with the president's policy on Iraq and had no plans to leave.

　　历来被认为是布什政府中(外交政策)最温柔和社会保守派中的自由人士，鲍威尔称他完全同意总统在伊拉克战争上的政策，无意辞职。

　　"Personally, I'm very much in sync with the president and he values my services," he said in an interview with National Public Radio.

　　他对国家公共电台的一次采访中，说："我个人非常同意总统的政策，他也很看重我的工作。"

　　"I also have to take note of the fact if you would consult any recent Gallup poll, the American people seem to be quite satisfied with the job I'm doing as secretary of state," Powell said.

　　鲍威尔说："我还想说的一个事实是，如果你去看任何一次盖洛普民意测验，美国人民对我任国务卿一职看起来应该是相当满意的。"

　　Asked whether he planned to stay in the Bush administration, Powell replied: "Oh, absolutely."

　　当被问到是否计划留在布什政府中时，鲍威尔回答："哦，当然。"

　　On last Saturday, Bill Keller, a prominent commentator for the influential New York Times, suggested in a widely-reprinted column that the secretary should quit because the war against Iraq was "a failure of Colin Powell's politics."

　　上周六，颇有影响的纽约时报著名记者Bill Keller，新开了一个专栏，建议国务卿应该从布什政府中辞职，因为针对伊拉克的战争其实就是鲍威尔外交政策的失败。

　　"The most important reason the secretary of state should go is that the president has chosen a course that repudiates much of what Mr Powell has stood for -- notably his deep suspicion of arrogant idealism," Keller wrote in the piece entitled "Why Colin Powell Should Go."

　　Keller在"为何鲍威尔应该辞职"这一专栏中写到，："鲍威尔应该辞职的最重要原因就是，总统做出的选择批判了鲍威尔先生一直以来固守的观念--尤其是他对傲慢完美主义的怀疑。"

　　The column was notable because Keller, who has written positively of Powell in the past, said he continued to have the utmost respect for the secretary but felt that the Bush administration was undeserving of his services.

　　这个专栏之所以引起凡响，是因为Keller以前对鲍威尔都是做正面评价的，他表示将继续给鲍威尔以最大的尊敬，但是感到布什政府不值得鲍威尔效力。

　　In a conversation with reporters outside the white house on Tuesday, Powell confirmed he had met with Keller but said he had not spoken to him since the column appeared.

　　周二在与白宫外的记者谈话时，鲍威尔确认了专栏推出后，已与Keller碰面，但是还没有与之交谈。