Since taking office last August, the government of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has softened the rhetoric on Futenma but does want to revisit the agreement.
鸠山由纪夫首相的政府自去年8月上台以来,一直在软化关于普天间基地的论点,但是这届政府的确希望复审2006年的有关协议。
In her comments with reporters, Clinton avoided specifics on Okinawa but said the American-Japanese security alliance, (1)___________________, is "bigger than any one issue."
克林顿在与记者谈话时,避免具体谈论冲绳岛问题,但是她说,是比任何问题更为重大的问题。
(2)_______________________________________, the product of years of delicate negotiations.
因为这是经过多年的细致讨论而缔结的公约。