广播电视英语短句 第 261 课：第一轮攻击-5

The president estimated the cost of the new plan at about thirty billion dollars this year. 总统估计今年新计划会花掉约有 300 亿美元。

Some in his party argue that the money should go instead to economic recovery. 民主党内也有人坚持认为相反这些钱应该用来复经济。

Republicans in Congress who support the troop increase criticized the president for setting a date to start a pullout. 支持增兵的共和党参议院议员指责他设定为一个撤兵的期限。

But Defense Secretary Robert Gates said July of two thousand eleven "will be the beginning of a process" that will depend on conditions in Afghanistan . 但是国防部长 Robert Gates 说 2011 年的七月将是撤兵计划的开始，这将取决于阿富汗的状况。