华盛顿，10月16日 - 本周，美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯在陆军活动上登台时表示，现场看起来很像一个电视片场。这位前福克斯新闻主持人说，这让他感到轻松，即使在一系列反战抗议者中的第一个开始对他喊叫时也是如此。
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 - As he took to the stage this week at an Army event, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remarked how much it looked like a TV set. The former Fox News host said that put him at ease, even as the first in a series of anti-war protesters shouted at him.
但赫格塞斯的电视直觉，虽然或许是他在五角大楼工作中最依赖的工具之一，却在周四出现失误，当时总统唐纳德·特朗普叫停了他上周宣布的计划——即直播陆军对福特胡德枪手尼达尔·哈桑的行刑队执行。
But Hegseth's TV instincts, while perhaps one of the tools he relies on most in his Pentagon role, appear to have failed him on Thursday when President Donald Trump pulled the plug on his plans, announced last week, to livestream the Army's firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan.
一位白宫官员在匿名条件下表示，特朗普此前并不知情赫格塞斯前所未有的计划要直播该执行过程。许多共和党同僚，以及宗教领袖和国际观察员，对该计划提出了反对意见。周四接受路透社采访的国防官员表示，他们对直播计划被叫停感到欣慰。
Trump had been unaware of Hegseth's unprecedented plan to broadcast the execution, said a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Many fellow Republicans, along with religious leaders and international observers, raised objections to the plan, and defense officials who spoke to Reuters on Thursday expressed relief that the livestreaming would not go forward.
国防部长通常在任职几年后会更替，华盛顿方面一直在猜测特朗普是否会在11月中期选举后看到为五角大楼引入新管理层的价值。
Defense secretaries often cycle out after a couple of years in the job and speculation in Washington has mounted whether Trump might see value in bringing new management to the Pentagon after November's midterm elections.
但共和党策略人士表示，目前还为时过早，无法判断特朗普推翻赫格塞斯的决定是否会影响两人的关系，尽管公众对伊朗战争的反对声音日益升温，但两人的关系一直保持紧密。
But Republican strategists said it was too soon to say whether Trump's decision to overrule Hegseth would affect their relationship, which has remained strong despite mounting public opposition to the war in Iran.
“他们关系一直非常密切，我也不知道这是否意味着什么，”共和党策略人士道格拉斯·赫伊说。资深共和党策略人士查理·布莱克表示，这件事 likely 会过去。
"They've been kind of very closely knit and I don't know whether it means anything at all," Republican strategist Douglas Heye said. Charlie Black, a veteran Republican strategist, said it would likely blow over.
“这件事很离谱，但下周肯定没人会记得了，”布莱克说，并补充道，特朗普“做了正确的事”。五角大楼试图淡化特朗普与赫格塞斯之间首次重大公开分歧，称两人在特朗普在Truth Social上发布决定之前已经进行了交谈。
"It's a wild thing but nobody will remember it next week," Black said, adding Trump "did the right thing." The Pentagon sought to downplay the first major public split between Trump and Hegseth, saying the two spoke before the US president posted his decision on Truth Social.
“国防部长支持总统的决定，他们完全保持一致，” 五角大楼首席发言人肖恩·帕内尔说。
"The Secretary supports the President's decision, and they are completely aligned," said Sean Parnell, the Pentagon's chief spokesperson.
国会的担忧 特朗普经常公开赞扬赫格塞思，并给予这名前陆军国民警卫队士兵相当大的自由度，因为他正试图重塑五角大楼，包括解雇其最高级别的军官。
CONGRESSIONAL WORRIES Trump regularly extols Hegseth publicly, and has given the former Army National Guard soldier significant leeway as he seeks to reshape the Pentagon, including by firing its most senior officers.
但在参议院确认任命时以微弱优势获胜后，赫格塞思未能赢得许多共和党人的支持，这些人对他的任职资格提出了质疑。一些共和党议员和国会助手对其预计的削减欧洲驻军计划表示担忧。
But after narrowly winning Senate confirmation, Hegseth has failed to win over many Republicans who voiced concerns over his qualifications for the job. Some Republican lawmakers and congressional aides have expressed worries over his expected plans to draw down forces in Europe.
一名共和党议员上个月对赫格塞思提出弹劾条款，指控他未经国会批准就执行对伊朗的敌对行动命令，滥用职权。
One Republican lawmaker filed articles of impeachment against Hegseth last month, accusing him of abusing his office by executing an order for hostilities against Iran without approval by Congress.
虽然众议员托马斯·马西的提议不太可能成功，但如果民主党在即将到来的11月选举中赢得众议院控制权，他们可能会推动弹劾程序的进行。
While Representative Thomas Massie's measure is not expected to succeed, Democrats could look to move forward with impeachment proceedings if they win control of the House in the upcoming elections in November.
有时，赫格塞思与国会议员之间的冲突已经变得个人化。去年，赫格塞思曾试图起诉民主党参议员马克·凯利，因为凯利以及其他五名具有军事和情报背景的民主党国会议员曾敦促美军拒绝非法命令。凯利周四提出了一项法案，旨在禁止直播处决。
At times, the conflict between Hegseth and members of Congress has become personal. Last year, Hegseth sought to prosecute Democratic Senator Mark Kelly after he and five other Democrats in Congress with backgrounds in the military and intelligence community urged US troops to refuse illegal orders. Kelly on Thursday introduced a bill that would prohibit livestreamed executions.
“直播处决是不美国的且危险的。这是我们在伊朗和阿富汗塔利班政权中看到的那种事情，” 凯利在一份声明中表示。
"Livestreaming an execution is un-American and dangerous. It is the kind of thing we see with regimes like Iran and the Taliban in Afghanistan," Kelly said in a statement.
即使对于一个长期采用死刑的国家来说，这一事件也将是非同寻常的。根据死刑专家的说法，政府处决从未被广播或直播过，美国军队自1945年以来也未曾以枪决方式处决过任何人。
The event would have been extraordinary, even for a country that has long employed capital punishment. A government execution has never been broadcast or livestreamed, according to death penalty experts, and the US military has not executed anyone by firing squad since 1945.
哈桑因在2009年于广阔的福特胡德基地医疗设施内枪杀13人、致32人受伤而被判犯有预谋谋杀罪。如今56岁的他因在被捕时被警察击中而需要轮椅。
Hasan was convicted of premeditated murder for shooting dead 13 people and wounding 32 others in a medical facility at the vast Fort Hood base in 2009. Now 56, he requires a wheelchair, having been shot by police during his arrest.
赫格塞斯曾主张将此事公开，以表明“对此类行为有严重后果”。特朗普似乎接受了赫格塞斯的论点，他在周四的直播中表示，公开此事“可能会对世界起到强烈震慑作用，让世界看到美国如何对付哈桑这样的恐怖分子和渣滓”。但特朗普本人曾是一名真人秀明星，最终认为公开处决过于极端。
Hegseth had argued that making the event public would help show "there's serious consequences for these types of things." Trump appeared to accept Hegseth's argument, saying on Thursday livestreaming it "might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan." But Trump, who is himself a former reality television star, ultimately decided a public show went too far.
他写道：“许多非常好且出于好意的人宁愿不通过流媒体或任何其他视觉设备观看他死去。他将按计划被枪决处死，但此事不会被直播。”
"Many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die, through streaming, or through any other visual device. He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed," Trump wrote.