On one hand, she will be have extra support and the sense of security that accompanies familiarity.

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The markets, until recently, have been reveling in a new found sense of security because the Government and the central bank have made investors believe that the Government could solve all economic problems and the central bank could create prosperity out of thin air.

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And periodically I check in with him, and I know my entire team, including the Vice President, checks in with him, because he continues to have an unparalleled sense of our national security needs, and I think really taps into the best impulses of the American people.

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Perhaps, too, investors have been lulled into a false sense of security by the performance of central banks in recent years, and the independence that has been granted to many of them by governments.

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"Too many Americans have lost a large portion of their retirement funds and they've lost a sense of security in the process, " Bush said.

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And I think whether it is struggling with child care because you have to work longer, whether it is capping the payments that you have to make when you borrow money to go to college, or providing a genuine sense of security in retirement is important for the American people.

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Now that gave me a sense that even if you have effective security forces on the ground, there is a very large challenge ahead of them if they are to be able to operate in a manner that actually brings this insurgency under control by gathering information and intelligence from the ground.

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