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White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on Sunday dismissed accusations that the Obama administration is waffling over whether the United States is indeed at war with Islamic State, saying the administration has been “very clear” about the military mission against the terror group. 奥巴马政府被指责在是否确实对ISIS开战的问题上含糊其辞，而美国白宫办公厅主任丹尼斯·麦克多诺上周日驳回了该指责，称美国政府“非常清楚”对恐怖组织的军事任务。 “We’ve made it very clear from the start,” McDonough told “Fox News Sunday." “Just as we have been at war with Al Qaeda, in similar fashion we are at war with ISIL.” “从一开始我们的目标就很清楚，”麦克多诺告诉《福克斯周日资讯》的记者，“正如我们一直同‘基地’组织处于战争状态一样，我们以同样的方式与ISIL（即伊斯兰国恐怖组织）开战。” McDonough's comments follow President Obama's remarks to Americans on Wednesday night, when he said that the U.S. will increase airstrikes on Islamic State positions in Iraq and that he has OK’d similar strikes in Syria, which has been followed by a seemingly mixed and evolving message from a series of top U.S. officials. 在麦克多诺发表言论之前，上周三晚奥巴马总统发表全国讲话时称，美国将扩大对伊拉克境内的伊斯兰国组织的空袭，同时也同意在叙利亚展开空袭。在这之前美国的高层官员也已传达了一些看似混乱但相互关联的信息。 | 
