【背景】

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates heads to Japan and South Korea this week with North Korea's nuclear and missile programs and the new Japanese government's defense policies high on the agenda. The visits come just a couple of weeks before President Barack Obama will visit the two countries.

美國國防部長羅伯特·蓋茨本周將前往日本和韓國進行訪問就，朝鮮核問題和導彈項目，以及日本新政府的外交政策進行交涉。而兩周之后，奧巴馬總統也將對兩國進行訪問。

【原文】

From Tokyo, Secretary Gates will travel to Seoul, where Geoff Morrell says he will try to further reassure officials of the U.S. commitment to South Korea's security, in the wake of the latest short-range missile tests by North Korea earlier this month.

【參考翻譯】

離開東京之后，蓋茨部長還將訪問首爾。杰夫稱，繼本月初朝鮮發射的一系列短程導彈測試之后，蓋茨在首爾將進一步向首爾官員保證美國對南韓安全的承諾。

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