It was tough. And we made tough choices.

这很艰难，我们也做出了艰难的选择。

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At the town hall meeting Obama laid out the problems facing the US, from unemployment to patchy healthcare. "I am not a miracle worker," he said, adding that tough choices would have to be made.

在市政厅举行的会议上，奥巴马并不回避美国所面临的种种问题，从失业问题到支离破碎的医疗体系问题等。

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It was the result of tough choices we made, and the result of your hard work and resilience.

这是我们做出的艰难选择的结果，是你们辛勤努力和坚韧精神的结果。

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Now, he's made tough choices in the past in negotiations like these.

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As Mr. Cheney recounted in his American Enterprise Institute speech, the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11 was an extraordinarily challenging time in which the George W. Bush administration made tough choices from the bunker that kept the country safe from a repeat attack on American soil.

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And we made some tough choices that were necessary to make it succeed.

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