但很不幸的是，盖茨很快就要离职了，鉴于奥巴马政府明显缺乏清晰的亚洲战略，因此盖茨的保证似乎也将命不久矣。
Gates, however, is due to step down from his post shortly, which is unfortunate, because the Obama administration’s apparent lack of any explicit Asia strategy means that Gates’s reassurances might not reassure for very long.