华盛顿，11月9日讯——美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯自称“战争部长”，这是他重塑美军的一部分努力。他表示，去年上任时美军过于软弱，且过于“觉醒”。如今，随着本周预计举行的众议院弹劾投票，他很快可能与一位真正的战争部长有所共同之处。
WASHINGTON, Nov 9 - Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, calls himself the secretary of war, part of his effort to rebrand a military he said was too weak and "woke" when he took office last year. Now, with an expected House impeachment vote this week, he could soon share something in common with an actual secretary of war.
1876年担任该职位的威廉·贝尔克纳普，成为美国国会弹劾的第一位，也是迄今唯一一位美国军队文职领导人。
William Belknap, who held that title in 1876, became the first, and to date only, civilian leader of the US military to be impeached by Congress.
肯塔基州共和党众议员托马斯·马西周一提出八项弹劾条款，启动了两天的倒计时，可能就包括未经国会批准对伊朗开战以及其他滥用职权等指控在内的弹劾案进行众议院投票。
US Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, introduced eight articles of impeachment on Monday, setting off a two-day clock for a potential House vote on charges including waging war against Iran without congressional approval and other abuses of power.
马西在对记者讲话时警告说，共和党领导层可能会试图通过一项程序动议来驳回弹劾案，从而避免对弹劾进行直接表决。
Massie, addressing reporters, cautioned that Republican leadership could try to avoid a straight vote on impeachment by trying to dismiss it with a procedural motion.
“他们可能会试图避免就此案的实质内容进行实际表决。我们应该对这八项弹劾条款进行表决和严肃辩论，”他在新闻发布会上表示。
"They may try to get out of an actual vote on the substance of this. We should have a vote and a rigorous debate on these eight articles of impeachment," he told a press conference.
国会消息人士称，即使在民主党于1月3日接管众议院之前，特朗普总统的共和党人仍控制着众议院，该决议可能拥有足够的通过票数。然而，在参议院，定罪似乎不太可能，因为需要三分之二的多数票，而共和党人在100个席位中占据53个。
Congressional sources say the resolution may have the votes to pass even with President Donald Trump’s Republicans still controlling the House until Democrats take over on January 3. Conviction appears unlikely in the Senate, however, where a two-thirds majority is required and Republicans hold 53 of 100 seats.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周一在接受路透社采访时，强力为赫格塞斯辩护，指出美军在伊朗和委内瑞拉的表现：“好吧，他赢了两场战争。我不知道你怎么能弹劾他。”他后来在白宫新闻发布会上表示，即使赫格塞斯被弹劾，他也会支持他，并称马西是“彻头彻尾的失败者”。
President Donald Trump, in an interview with Reuters on Monday, strongly defended Hegseth, pointing to the US military's performance in Iran and Venezuela: "Well, he won two wars. I don't know how you can impeach him." He later told a White House press conference he would stand by Hegseth even if he is impeached, and called Massie a "stone-cold loser."
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊反对这一努力，称在“海外敌对行动进行中”进行弹劾，对盟友和敌人来说“都是一件可怕的事情”。
House Speaker Mike Johnson opposed the effort, saying impeachment “in the middle of hostilities abroad” would be “a terrible thing for our allies and our enemies to see.”
选民对战争的愤怒帮助民主党在上周的中期选举中赢得了国会控制权，加剧了共和党内部对一场冲突的分歧，副总统JD·万斯曾公开质疑这场冲突，而赫格塞斯则将其辩护为“勇敢而具有历史意义”。贝尔纳普被指控收取巨额回扣，在预定的弹劾投票前递交了给总统尤利西斯·格兰特的辞职信，据参议院历史称，“泪流满面”。众议院仍然弹劾了他，但参议院后来未达到所需的三分之二多数，最终宣判他无罪。相比之下，赫格塞斯承诺留下来战斗。
Voter anger over the war helped Democrats win control of Congress in last week's midterm elections intensifying Republican divisions over a conflict that Vice President JD Vance has publicly questioned and Hegseth has defended as “courageous and historic.”Accused of taking huge kickbacks, Belknap handed President Ulysses Grant his resignation ahead of his scheduled impeachment vote and, according to a Senate history, “burst into tears.”The House impeached him anyway, but the Senate later acquitted him after falling short of the required two-thirds majority. By contrast, Hegseth is promising to stay and fight.
赫格塞斯发起了一场社交媒体运动，上周在一段挑衅的视频信息中表示，他不会退让。他还将自己与两次被弹劾的特朗普进行比较，说：“这招对特朗普总统不管用，对我也不管用。”被问及他是否拥有足够的共和党支持来击败弹劾推动时，赫格塞斯周一表示：“我们不担心这个。”他宣布将于周二举行新闻发布会，这是他自五月以来在五角大楼举行的第一次。
Hegseth has mounted a social media campaign, saying in a defiant video message last week that he would not back down. He also drew a comparison to Trump, who was impeached twice, saying: "It didn't work against President Trump, and it won't work with me." Asked if he had enough Republican support to defeat the impeachment push, Hegseth said on Monday: "We're not worried about that." He announced a Tuesday press conference, his first at the Pentagon since May.
国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥兼任白宫国家安全顾问，他将弹劾推动称为“不公平”，对记者说：“我认为皮特做得很好，我真的这么认为。”特朗普在接受路透社采访时，盛赞赫格塞斯在伊朗战争中的表现，该战争目前陷入僵局，以及在委内瑞拉的表现，美国军队在1月对委内瑞拉首都该国总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗的住所发动突袭，推翻了该国总统。
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also White House national security adviser, called the impeachment push "unfair," telling reporters: "I think Pete's done a good job. I really do." Trump, speaking with Reuters, extolled Hegseth's performance in the Iran war, which is at an impasse, and with Venezuela, where the US military deposed that country's president, Nicolás Maduro, in a surprise January commando raid on his compound in the Venezuelan capital.
“那么，弹劾来自越南、阿富汗、伊拉克以及所有那些地方的人怎么样？我们在那里打了永远，却一事无成？”特朗普问道。
"Well, what about impeaching the people from Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and all of that, where we fought forever and nothing happened?" Trump asked.
一些共和党议员表示担忧，如果赫格塞斯留任，他与国会紧张的关系将削弱特朗普政府推动1.5万亿美元国防开支方案的努力。
Some Republican lawmakers have expressed concern that if Hegseth stays, his strained relationship with Congress will undermine the Trump administration's push for a $1.5 trillion defense spending package.
特朗普批评者、将于1月离任的马西在周一的一份声明中警告说，弹劾将比民主党在1月掌权后等待赫格塞斯的情况“温和得多”。
Massie, a Trump critic who is leaving office in January, warned in a statement on Monday that impeachment would be "much gentler" than what's in store for Hegseth once Democrats take control in January.
“他们将举行听证会和审判。特朗普总统应在还能让参议院确认继任者之前，立即更换赫格塞斯部长，”马西说。
"They will hold hearings and trials. President Trump should replace Secretary Hegseth now while he can still get a replacement confirmed in the Senate," Massie said.
民主党承诺就包括解除参谋长联席会议主席及其他高级领导人职务等问题调查赫格塞斯。
Democrats have promised to investigate Hegseth over issues including the firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior leaders.
众议院民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯周日表示，他对弹劾赫格塞斯的动议投“绝对赞成票”。
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said on Sunday he was a "hard yes" on a measure to impeach Hegseth.
预计将成为多数党领袖的纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默周一表示，参议院需要对赫格塞斯进行审判。
US Senator Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat who is expected to become majority leader, said on Monday the Senate needs to put Hegseth on trial.
“赫格塞斯非法发动这场战争，公然违反宪法以及本届国会为结束战斗而通过的多项战争权力决议，”他说。
"Hegseth waged this war illegally, in open defiance of the Constitution and multiple War Powers Resolutions this Congress passed to end the fighting," he said.
马西的弹劾条款指控赫格塞斯犯有“重罪和轻罪”，范围从发动伊朗战争到各种所谓的滥用职权行为，包括侵犯亚利桑那州民主党参议员马克·凯利的言论自由权。
Massie's articles of impeachment accuse Hegseth of "high crimes and misdemeanors" ranging from waging the Iran war to various alleged abuses of power, including violating the free speech rights of US Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat.
去年，赫格塞思试图起诉凯利，此前凯利和另外五名在国会拥有军事和情报背景的民主党人士敦促美军拒绝非法命令。赫格塞思指控他们犯有煽动叛乱罪，特朗普当时在社交媒体帖子中称该罪行“可处以死刑！”
Last year, Hegseth sought to prosecute Kelly after he and five other Democrats in Congress with backgrounds in the military and intelligence urged US troops to refuse illegal orders. Hegseth accused them of sedition, something Trump at the time said in a social media post was "punishable by DEATH!"