Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme for these young people," said Gov. Rick Perry in his first debate as a presidential candidate. "The idea ... that the current program is going to be there for them is a lie."

Agency for Workforce Innovation director Cynthia Lorenzo will be chief operating officer at the new Department of Economic Opportunity, the new agency's executive director Doug Darling announced Monday.

Lorenzo has been in charge at AWI --which will be part of the new department as the Division of Workforce Services --since 2009.

The agency announced Monday that it will have four divisions.

With the Republican presidential candidates preparing to square off Monday night in a Tampa debate sponsored by CNN and the Tea Party Express, two new national polls found that Gov. Rick Perry continues to lead the race for the GOP nomination.

Don't look now, but here comes another Democrat loser looking to choke off party competition in the 2014 election or at the very least grab a seat at the table.

A few weeks into the fall semester of my senior year at the U.S. Air Force Academy, I began Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001, like virtually any other school day.