So it was striking when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified to Congress earlier this year about the “three D’s” of American foreign policy – defense, diplomacy, and development. The “D” of democracy was noticeable by its absence, suggesting a change in policy by Barack Obama’s administration.
因此当国务卿希拉里早些时候在国会就美国对外政策的“三‘D’”—防御（defense）、外交（diplmacy）和发展（development）—作证时就备受关注。代表民主（democracy）的“D”显然不在此列，这意味着奥巴马政府的政策变化。