美国 中 双语 英 白宫备忘录 当20多岁的年轻人在白宫左右大局 The 20-Somethings Who Help the 70-Somethings Run Washington ANNIE KARNI 2022年7月4日 现年26岁的特朗普白宫助理卡西迪·哈钦森身在这场政治行动的中心。“一个24岁的年轻人可以在华盛顿的政府中找到一份比在大公司更好的工作，”曾担任国会助理的说客史蒂夫·埃尔门多夫说。 现年26岁的特朗普白宫助理卡西迪·哈钦森身在这场政治行动的中心。“一个24岁的年轻人可以在华盛顿的政府中找到一份比在大公司更好的工作，”曾担任国会助理的说客史蒂夫·埃尔门多夫说。 DOUG MILLS/THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON — When an alarmed Representative Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader, called the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, demanding to know why the president of the United States had suggested he was coming to the Capitol while Congress met to certify his election defeat, the person on the other end of the line had just turned 25 years old. 华盛顿——2021年1月6日，惊慌失措的众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡致电白宫，要求了解美国总统为何在国会认证其败选时声称要前往国会大厦。电话那头的人刚满25岁。 “I said, ‘I’ll run the traps on this,’” Cassidy Hutchinson, now 26, testified this week before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, recalling what she had told Mr. McCarthy, Republican of California. “I can assure you, we’re not coming to the Capitol.” “我说，‘我会去确认一下，’”现年26岁的卡西迪·哈钦森本周在调查1月6日袭击事件的众议院特别委员会作证，回忆她当时对这位加州共和党人说的话。“我可以向你保证，我们不会来国会大厦。” Ms. Hutchinson’s two hours of testimony provided a riveting account of President Donald J. Trump’s mind-set and actions the day of the mob attack and situated the young aide — an assistant by title, but a gatekeeper in practice — at the very center of some of the most sensitive conversations and events of that day. 哈钦森的这段两小时的作证，为唐纳德·J·特朗普总统在暴徒袭击当天的心态和行动提供了引人入胜的描述，并将这位年轻的助手——她的职位是助理，实际工作是看门人——置于那天最敏感的对话和事件的中心。 It also pulled back the curtain on a little-acknowledged truth about how Washington works: The capital’s power centers may be helmed largely by the geriatric set, but they are fueled by recent college graduates, often with little to no previous job experience beyond an internship. And while many of those young players rank low on the official food chain, their proximity to the pinnacle of power gives them disproportionate influence, and a front-row seat to critical moments that can define the country. 这些证词还让我们了解到关于华盛顿运作的一个鲜为人知的真相：首都的权力中心也许主要由一群老年人掌舵，但驱动运转的是大学毕业没多久的年轻人，他们过去通常除了实习之外几乎没有工作经验。这些年轻的参与者中有许多处于官员食物链的底层，但他们与权力的顶峰近距离接触，这给了他们不成比例的影响力，可以坐在前排见证可能决定国家命运的关键时刻。 Sometimes, the interns themselves appear to be running the show. 有时，似乎是实习生在主持大局。 After the House investigative committee accused Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, of attempting to hand-deliver to Vice President Mike Pence a slate of false electoral votes for Mr. Trump, Mr. Johnson, 67, blamed the incident on a young underling. He claimed that an unidentified “House intern” had instructed his staff to give the list of fake electors to Mr. Pence. 众议院调查委员会指责威斯康星州共和党参议员罗恩·约翰逊试图亲手向副总统迈克·彭斯递交特朗普的虚假选举人票后，67岁的约翰逊将此事件归咎于一名年轻的下属。他声称，一名身份不明的“众议院实习生”指示他的工作人员将一份假选举人名单提供给彭斯。 Other former Trump aides who have appeared in video testimony during the Jan. 6 hearings include Nick Luna, now 35, Mr. Trump’s former body man; Sarah Matthews, now 27, a former deputy White House press secretary; and Ben Williamson, now 29, like Ms. Hutchinson a former aide to Mark Meadows, the final Trump White House chief of staff. 在1月6日听证会上出现在视频证词中的其他前特朗普助手包括现年35岁的尼克·卢纳，特朗普的前保镖；27岁的萨拉·马修斯，曾任白宫副新闻秘书；以及29岁的本·威廉姆森，他和哈钦森一样，曾是特朗普最后一位白宫幕僚长马克·梅多斯的助手。 The committee has also featured some of its own young-looking investigators in videos laying out its work. 在展示委员会工作的视频中还有一些看起来很年轻的调查员。 The relative youth of critical players wielding sway in the government is not a new phenomenon. 在政府中大展拳脚的关键人物相对年轻，这并不是一个新现象。 Lawrence Higby, who served as a top aide to H.R. Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon’s chief of staff, was 25 years old when he testified as a key witness during the Watergate hearings. 劳伦斯·希格比曾担任理查德·M·尼克松总统的幕僚长H·R·霍尔德曼的高级助手，他作为关键证人出席水门事件听证会时只有25岁。 President Lyndon B. Johnson’s final chief of staff, James R. Jones, was 28 years old when he was appointed to the top job in the White House. 林登·约翰逊总统的最后一位幕僚长詹姆斯·R·琼斯在获得白宫最高职位时只有28岁。 In an interview, Mr. Jones said he was able to rise so high so quickly by following the advice he had received from his boss, W. Marvin Watson, when he joined the White House staff at the ripe old age of 25. 琼斯在接受采访时说，他在25岁时成为白宫工作人员，能够如此迅速地晋升高位是因为听从了他的上级W·马文·沃森的建议。 林登·约翰逊总统的最后一位幕僚长詹姆斯·R·琼斯在获得白宫最高职位时只有28岁。 林登·约翰逊总统的最后一位幕僚长詹姆斯·R·琼斯在获得白宫最高职位时只有28岁。 YOICHI OKAMOTO, VIA LBJ PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY “What I was doing was passing his notes to the president, and he said, ‘You’ll be noticed at the right time. Just do your work now and stay out of the president’s view.’” “我当时的工作是将他的话传给总统，他说，‘你会在适当的时候被注意到。现在你只需要做你的工作，远离总统的视线。’” Mr. Jones added, “You just had to be at the right place at the right time. I played very low key, I tried to give the credit of successes to others, I didn’t talk to reporters — that’s how I think I made it. I probably would have made a number of key decisions differently with more years on me.” 琼斯还说：“你只需要在正确的时间出现在正确的地点。我很低调，我试图把功劳归于别人，我没有和记者交谈——我认为这就是我成功的方式。如果有更多的经历，在一些关键决策上我可能会有不同的选择。” For the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 ass