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发帖数: 175 | 1 'Heartbroken' Obama offers support to Japan
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/17/japan.disaster/
Washington (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday that he was "
heartbroken" over events in Japan but was offering resources to help the
Japanese recover as well as to keep U.S. citizens out of harm's way.
In a statement at the White House, Obama noted that the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission on Wednesday called for U.S. citizens to evacuate to beyond a 50-
mile radius of the stricken plants in northeastern Japan.
That figure exceeds the 12.4-mile evacuation radius and 18.6-mile shelter
radius called for by the Japanese government. Obama said the stricter U.S.
recommendation was "based upon a careful scientific evaluation."
He also noted that the government has authorized the voluntary departure of
family and dependents of U.S. officials in northeast Japan, and he called on
all U.S. citizens in Japan "to carefully monitor the situation."
The crisis poses little risk to people in the United States, he said.
"Whether it's the West Coast, Hawaii, Alaska or U.S. territories in the
Pacific, we do not expect harmful levels of radiation," he said. "That's the
judgment of our Nuclear Regulatory Commission and many other experts." |
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