President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he would nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be his secretary of defence and former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe to be director of the CIA, as he tapped hardliners and loyalists for his national security and foreign policy teams.
美国当选总统唐纳德•特朗普周二宣布，他将提名福克斯新闻主持人皮特•海格塞斯（Pete Hegseth，文首图）担任国防部长，提名前得克萨斯州众议员约翰•拉特克利夫(John Ratcliffe)担任中央情报局局长。他正在为自己的国家安全和外交政策团队挑选强硬派和忠实拥护者。
Hegseth, a 44-year-old army veteran who has no government experience, is an unconventional choice to lead one of the country’s largest employers, which includes almost 3mn military and civilian employees.
现年44岁的退伍军人海格塞斯没有任何政府工作经验，他是一个非常规的人选，来领导美国最大的雇主之一，后者拥有近300万名军事和文职雇员。
“Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First. With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice — our military will be great again, and America will never back down,” Trump said in a statement.
特朗普在一份声明中表示：“皮特坚韧、聪明，是美国优先的忠实信徒。有皮特掌舵，美国的敌人就会注意到——我们的军队将再次强大起来，美国永远不会退缩。”
The president-elect had a fraught relationship with civilian and military leaders at the Pentagon during his first term in office, churning through five secretaries of defence in four years. The selection of Hegseth suggests he will have a close ally who will be willing to enact his policy pronouncements and decisions.
这位当选总统在第一个任期内与五角大楼的文职和军职领导人关系紧张，四年内换了五任国防部长。选择海格塞斯表明，他将有一个愿意执行他的政策声明和决定的亲密盟友。
Ratcliffe, who was director of national intelligence in the final year of Trump’s first term, is another staunch ally who, while in Congress, was a sharp critic of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
拉特克利夫曾在特朗普第一任期的最后一年担任国家情报总监，他是另一位坚定的盟友，在国会期间对特别检察官罗伯特•穆勒对俄罗斯干预2016年大选的调查持尖锐批评态度。