Top among this year's topics at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting, held in Washington, D.C., from 10 to 12 October 2011, was upcoming potential budgetary constraints. "I know that our Nation expects us [the Army] to be part of the solution to our debt," said General Raymond T. Odierno, the new Chief of Staff of the Army. "We should be and we will, but we also must be honest with the Nation about the risks such decisions bring with them." General Odierno explained that the Army faces "a strategic environment that is increasingly complex and unpredictable." He said that threats like terrorism, failed and failing states, manmade disasters, narco-trafficking, and cyber threats "are compounded by the growing scarcity and competition for energy, food, and water."
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机译：2011年10月10日至12日在华盛顿特区举行的美国陆军协会年会上，今年的主题中最重要的是即将出现的潜在预算限制。新的陆军参谋长雷蒙德·奥迪诺（Raymond T. Odierno）将军说：“我知道，我们国家希望我们（军队）成为解决债务的一部分。”他说：“我们现在应该，我们也会这样做，但我们也必须对这个国家带来的风险诚实。”奥迪诺将军解释说，陆军面临“一个日益复杂和不可预测的战略环境”。他说，诸如恐怖主义，失败和失败的国家，人为灾难，贩毒和网络威胁之类的威胁“由于能源，粮食和水的日益稀缺和竞争而变得更加复杂。”
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