Social Security's not the hard one to solve. Medicare, that is the gorilla in the room, and you've got to put all of it on the table.

No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security.

I say that everything has to be on the table,

Global energy security is a vital part of America's national security.

My neighbors aren't millionaires. They're retirees who depend on Social Security and Medicare.

I think the uranium enrichment program is the 800-pound gorilla in the negotiating room. You can't solve a problem if you deny that it exists or if you wish it away.