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Fifth we need to recognize that military leadership is underpinned by economic leadership and alliance-building:
第五，我们需要认识到军事领导地位的基础是经济领导地位和联盟建设:

Maintaining a strong military goes hand in hand with being a global technology leader.
保持强大的军事力量与成为全球技术领袖是密不可分的。
But we need to recognize the fundamental truth that military leadership is ultimately underpinned by a strong economy.
但我们需要认识到一个基本的事实，即军事领导力最终是由强大的经济支撑的。
We also need to recognize the increasing importance of building strong alliances vs. an isolationist approach.
我们还需要认识到，与孤立主义做法相比，建立强大的联盟越来越重要。

We need to recognize that the world is an increasingly complex place and the key to understanding complexity is communication and nuance. The biggest issue I see with society today is the increasingly divisive nature of the national conversation which makes it incredibly difficult to come up with good long-term solutions to the issues that we face.
我们需要认识到世界是一个日益复杂的地方，理解复杂性的关键是沟通和细微差别。我今天在社会中看到的最大问题是全国性对话日益割裂的性质，这使得为我们面临的问题提出好的、长期的解决方案变得异常困难。