U.S.officials say they are in a better position to mediate and press for the resolution of difficult issues while the United States has a sizable military force in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

Because he wasn't a very good card player his posse took him for fairly sizable amounts of money.

由于他不是个打牌高手,他的警卫队,把他看作等身的钞票

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U.S.officials say they are in a better position to mediate and press for the resolution of difficult issues, and to ease tensions between the Iraqi Army and the Kurdish Peshmerga militia, while the United States has a sizable military force in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11