"This president basically is rolling the dice, he is making the most important decision of his presidency, betting on his ability to work with Pakistan and get this shared problem of the two Talibans under control,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

What caused it? It was caused maybe it's oversimplifying it it was caused by a change in our resolve to let's get inflation under control - and a willingness to accept the recession to stop the advance of inflation.

是什么引发了它,它是因为-也许过分的单纯化它,它是由于一个为了,让我们将通货膨胀控制在手中的解决方案,和一个接受经济衰退的愿望,结束通货膨胀的继续上涨所导致的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The economic health of this country in the long run will be dependent on the economic health of the treasury, of our fiscal situation and we can't get that under control until we get the entitlement crisis under control.

而且这个国家的长期经济健康,会依赖于,国库的经济健康和财政形势的健康,只有控制好津贴的危机,才能控制住这些经济的问题。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

And yet,they are concerned that the debate as it is playing out is not going to get costs under control and maybe it will limit their choices someway, so I think there is just a kind of unease."

VOA: standard.2009.07.31