Pivotal：樞軸的，關鍵的

12月14日，美國總統布什為退休的四星級陸軍上將湯米·弗蘭克斯、前中情局局長喬治·特尼特和前美國駐伊拉克首席行政官保羅·布雷默等三人頒發了代表國家最高榮譽的“總統自由勛章”，并稱他們是美國對伊政策的堅強后援，“在諸多重大事件中扮演了關鍵角色，為維護國家安全和推進人類自由事業不遺余力”。外電報道如下：President Bush awarded the nation's highest civilian honor Tuesday to three men central to his Iraq policy, saying they had played "pivotal roles in great events."

Bush presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to retired Gen. Tommy Franks, who oversaw combat in Afghanistan and the initial invasion of Iraq, former CIA Director George Tenet and former Iraq administrator L. Paul Bremer.

Franks is a retired four-star Army general who commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. He didn't decide until last summer to endorse Bush's re-election, but then spoke on the president's behalf at the Republican National Convention and campaigned for Bush through the fall.

Pivotal表示“樞軸的，中樞的，關鍵的”，例如，美國前國務卿基辛格（Henry A. Kissinger）曾說過這樣的話：Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions（其地點的重要性也使得它周期性地遭受侵略）。

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