Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind.

In fact, Social Security is the only source of income nationwide for 29 percent of unmarried elderly women.

The list of non-democratic regimes that have seen significant reforms since 2001 is long and significant.

For centuries, the world has heard the oppressed, the downtrodden and the vulnerable cry out for their freedoms, for their rights and for a chance to emerge from the shadows of the tyranny and bloodshed that they had lived with.

We all know that, unfortunately, the media does not always portray the good things that are happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, and this will be a great opportunity for us to glean some information from the Iraqi women who are here for us to also take back to our constituents.

The world today is changing rapidly, and we are helping to make it better for our children's future.

The United Nations has come under the control of outlaw nations and self-serving special interest groups.