Brian Higgins: “The ability to thwart attack is based on having the resources and the information.”

the Federal Government is part of a public-private partnership

Next Friday $25 billion in Social Security benefits are scheduled to be paid out but will not if the nation defaults on its debt.

The validity of the public debt shall not be questioned. This is not a political negotiation, this is a moral and legal obligation to be honored.

The American economy is--we are 25 percent of the world's economy.