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"Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated."
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"Security is a double-edged sword: While a fence sure protects the fenced, it also imprisons the protected."

"I tapped my cup to his, grateful to have found Shaun, because for a minute there, I'd thought I was going to have to save myself. Instead, I'd wandered into the protective care of a sexy older man."

"Port Security is one of our weakest security links, and it must be one of our highest priorities."

"Since I speak and write about this a good deal, I am often asked at public meetings, in what sometimes seems to me a rather prurient way, whether I myself or my family have 'ever been threatened' by jihadists. My answer is that yes, I have, and so has everyone else in the audience, if they have paid enough attention to the relevant bin-Ladenist broadcasts to notice the fact."

"We are willing to take concrete steps to enhance cooperation in cyber security, de-radicalization and Counter Terrorism."

"Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken."
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"Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042."

"Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into a risky proposition many cannot afford to take."

"If Congress doesn't raise taxes, you cannot get a private investment account without forgoing a portion, possibly all, of your guaranteed benefit check."

"The president's claim that Social Security is going broke is misleading at best. The sky is not falling, although there is no doubt that the system needs to be strengthened."

"We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years."

"We are still waiting for the president to introduce a concrete plan. He has just hinted at what he is thinking about doing, but no one has seen a proposal."

"We must take the time to do what needs to be done now, what is right, instead of passing a bad bill."

"For people who have for been putting their hard-earned money into the system for years, the president's idea would replace their safety net with a risky gamble with no assurance of a stable return of investment."

"Latinas' life expectancies are relatively long. When a current retiree hits 65 and begins receiving her benefit check, she can expect to live another 22 years. That life expectancy is higher than white women or men."

"President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record."
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