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 President Obama in a nationwide address tonight called for action against Syria for its use of chemical weapons against its own people. He'll be also said he's asked the congress to delay a vote on possible military action while diplomatic options are pursued. President said the images and videos of men, women and children second by the attacks convinced the US can not ignore what's happening in Syria. He said even a limit action will send a clear message both the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and others, might consider using chemical weapons. 

The purpose of the strike would be to tell Assad from using chemical weapons to degrade his regime's ability to use them and make clear to the world, that we won't tolerate their use. 

President said while he perfers a peaceful solution as to order the US military to maintain its position if the diplomacy¹ fails, in that times in passing to address the congress and the American people. Obama again promised there will no American boots on the ground in Syria. 

Director of national intelligence says declassified² series of documents showing government agencies have exceeded their legal authority when they search a database of telephone calls. NPR's Larry Abramson reports the documents indicate a special intelligence court ordered the agencies to crack the mistake.

The documents include formally declassified legal opinions from the foreign intelligence surveillance court. They show that backing 2009, the national security agency violated its own rules which grade the restrict how analysts³ can search a database of most Americans' phone records. The NRC says it pointed⁴ out the mistakes to the court and fixed⁵ the problem. But the documents show the agency had difficult managing that complicated surveillance system, that was exposed by former government contractor⁶ Edward Snowden. The documents also show NRC analysts share the secret information much more widely than they're supposed to. Larry Abramson NPR News. 

The Dow Jones Industrial Average announced the swapping⁷ bank of American for Goldmen Sachs. They were placing Hewlett-Packard and Alcoa, in a six-company shake-up. It's among the largest for indecision in years. S&P, Dow Jones says it will place HP with visa and  Alcoa with sneaker maker⁸ Nike, S&P index committee chair David M. Blitzer says the change's not expected without any significant move for the index. 

The index will not bump up and down as the results because the divisor will be adjusted, so that the transition will be smooth. 

Changes are due to take effect the start of tradings of September 22rd. The small committee in charge of the summing what corps⁹ stocks would be covered by the 30 stock index made the decision. 

Stocks moved higher today with the broad market on track for its six-trade output session, trades apparently¹⁰ hardened by a possible alternative to military action against Syria. As well as some good economic news, coming out of China, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 127 points to end the day of 15,191. NASDAQ climbed 22 points to close at 3,729. The Standard & Poors 500 was up 12 points ending the day of 1,683. You are listening to NPR News in Washington. 

On the anniversary of the Septermber 11th terror attacks tomorrow, thousands of volunteers are expected to mark the event by conducting good deeds. One states anniversary of the attack that claimed nearly 3,000 lives was marked in 2009 as a national day of service and rememberance, when the events planned millions of fire houses and academies in New York, Dolson in Washington D.C., to honor first responders who lost their lives as the result of the attack. President Obama, vice¹¹ president Joe Biden, the first lady, Doctor Jill Biden and others who gather on the self want the White House tomorrow to remember the attacks 12 years ago. 

Congress today bestowed¹² its highest civilian¹³ honor posthumously¹⁴ to the young victims of a deadly Alabama church bombing from the civil rights era. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports  Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, were named on the congressional gold medal. 

The honor comes 50 years after the black girls were killed by a Ku Klux Klan bomb, at Birmingham 16th street Baptist church, targeted because of its role in the civil rights movement. The capital ceremony, House speaker John Binner choked back tears presenting the award.

The United States of Ameirca, authorized¹⁵ by the active congress, has struck the name of the American people of gold medal, to commemorate¹⁶ the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, may reserve their memories with love another. 

The Birmingham church bombing is considered to turn in point that gave our support for the civil rights act. Debbie Elliott  NPR News. 

Such as 1920, shortly before that great depression is a difference to bring the wealthiest Americans at the western nation being so stuck. The study says the top one percent of US owners collected 19.3% were household income last year. 

1 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

2 declassified   

adj.解密的v.对（机密文件等）销密( declassify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Thousands of classified documents have now been declassified. 数以千计的保密文件现在被解密了。
• The software used for Siemens S7-300 encryption logic block declassified. 此软件用于对西门子S7-300加密逻辑块解密。

3 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

4 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

5 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

6 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

7 swapping   

交换，交换技术

参考例句：

• The slow swapping and buying of horses went on. 马匹的买卖和交换就是这样慢慢地进行着。
• He was quite keen on swapping books with friends. 他非常热衷于和朋友们交换书籍。

8 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

9 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

10 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

11 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

12 bestowed   

赠给，授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
• He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。

13 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

14 posthumously   

adv.于死后，于身后；于著作者死后出版地

参考例句：

• He was confirmed posthumously as a member of the Chinese Communist Party. 他被追认为中国共产党党员。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her last book was published posthumously in 1948. 她最后的一本书在她死后于1948 年出版了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

16 commemorate   

vt.纪念，庆祝

参考例句：

• This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
• We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。