The Obama administration has stopped show short of fully embrassing embracing the missile defence defense program that was avidly pursued by the Bush White House, with the Obama team sighting citing concerns about its technical viability.
　
In her joint past experience press appearance with her Czech Republic counterpart, Secretray Secretary Clinton reillerated reiterated those concerns, while also suggesting the program could be shelved if a run Iran halts its pursue to pursuit of nuclear weapons.
　
Clinton expressed gratitude to both the Czech Republic and Poland for working with the United States in which what she framed as an effort to dissuade and deterrent deter Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons and . .. a related long-range missile project.
　
She said the decisions on timing and appointment deployment of the system are " largely technical matters" and said Iranian behavior would be a key factor in whether the program ultimately goes forward.

" If we are we're able to see a change in of behavior on the part of the Iranian's Iranians with respect to what we believe to be there are their pursuit of nuclear weapons. You know then, then you know, we will reconsider where we stand. But we are on a long, long way from seeing such evidence of any behavior change. "

 

stop short of 决定不做某事
embrace 拥抱，收买
avidly 渴望地，热烈地
viability 生存能力，发育能力
Czech 捷克
counterpart - Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.
reiterate 重申
shelve 搁置
deter 威慑，制止
dissuade 劝阻
deployment 展开，部署，配置

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