Paul Kirk: “People on fixed income measure every dollar. They plan ahead. They plan prudently so that they balance what their needs…”

We owe an immense debt to the troops serving in Afghanistan today.

Secretary Gates, as Secretary of Defense, how do you plan to pay for a continuing war in Afghanistan with 30,000 more U.S. troops?

For everything I can see--a fraudulent sort of installation, an economy that's dependent on opium, corruption rampant throughout the government--am I wrong to say that we are taking a leap of faith here with President Karzai?

Influenza is out there, and really the seriousness with which the Committee has been taking pandemic preparedness in the past just needs to be reinvigorated.