Most recently, for example, the State Department approved a license for a US company to help bolster security in Equatorial Guinea, an African country of half a million people that is run by a military dictator and has no US embassy.

• 举例说，就在最近，国务院批准一家美国公司向赤道几内亚提供安全支援,赤道几内亚是一个非洲国家，人口50万，由一位军事独裁者统治着，美国在该国没有大使馆。