CNN News: 美國家安全顧問因丑聞辭職

There`s been a shakeup in the Trump administration. Michael Flynn has resigned as White House national security adviser after less than a month on the job. Flynn is a retired lieutenant general with the U.S. Army. As national security adviser, he was responsible for giving President Donald Trump guidance on U.S. intelligence and ways to protect the country.

特朗普政府或遭遇重創(chuàng)。美國國家安全顧問邁克爾·弗林宣布辭職，其上任時間還不到一個月。弗林是一名退休的美國陸軍中將。作為美國國家安全顧問，其主要職責(zé)是給美國總統(tǒng)特朗普提供關(guān)于美國的情報指導(dǎo)，同時提供保護(hù)美國的方法。

Why did he resign?

為什么弗林會辭職呢?

Late last year, while former President Obama was in office, Flynn had phone conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States. In those calls, according to "The Washington Post", Flynn discussed recent sanctions, penalties that the Obama administration had levied against Russia. It`s illegal for unauthorized private American citizens to negotiate with foreign governments on America`s behalf. And at the time of the phone calls, Flynn was not yet national security adviser.

去年年底，前美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬執(zhí)政期間，弗林與俄羅斯駐美國大使進(jìn)行電話通話，據(jù)《華盛頓郵報》表示，弗林曾在電話中討論了奧巴馬政府對俄羅斯采取的制裁以及懲罰。美國公民以私人名義進(jìn)行外交活動是非法的。弗林是在去年底致電俄國駐美國大使，當(dāng)時弗林尚未被任命為美國國家安全顧問。

Law enforcement and intelligence officials say it doesn`t look like Flynn broke the law, but the White House says there was a trust issue.

執(zhí)法部門以及情報官員表示，這并不能表示弗林觸犯了法律，但是白宮表示這是一個信任問題。

Apparently, Flynn misled Trump administration officials by initially telling them that he had not discussed sanctions with Russia. In his resignation, Flynn said he unintentionally gave incomplete information to Vice President Mike Pence.

很明顯，弗林最初表示自己并未與俄羅斯討論過制裁問題，誤導(dǎo)了特朗普政府。在辭職聲明中，弗林表示自己并不是故意向美國副總統(tǒng)彭斯傳達(dá)錯誤信息。

The job of national security adviser is not an official cabinet position, so the president doesn`t need Senate approval to replace Flynn.

國家安全顧問的一職不是正式的內(nèi)閣職位，接替弗林總統(tǒng)不需要參議院批準(zhǔn)。