He's also discussed a plan to divide the country into regions to tackle security problems and to create a new national gendarmerie force, which could eventually send Mexico's military out of the streets and back into their barracks.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

In America, some of this can be blamed on teething problems at the new Department of Homeland Security.

ECONOMIST: Outsourcing to India

But despite that security fix, other problems have already sprung up: New Jerseyites in Morris and Essex counties have reported that their emails were bouncing when they requested ballots or returned them, as first reported by Buzzfeed Monday evening.

FORBES: Despite Security Fixes, New Cracks Appear In New Jersey's Last-Minute Email Voting Scheme

Of course, the internet and all of the access and security problems it has spawned has given us a raft of new problems.

FORBES: Don't Miss The IRS Website

With new filters, the IRS discovered 4.1 million "problems" with Social Security numbers--an increase of more than 3 million from the year before.

CNN: An Overtaxed IRS

Ms. MICHELE FLOURNOY (President, Center for a New American Security): That strain is going to produce even greater recruiting difficulties and some substantial retention problems.

NPR: Talking Points for the Petraeus Report

In addition to the Mightier Pen Award, the Center's National Security and New Media Conference brought together some of the the most experienced and provocative voices in journalism to address several problems in mainstream media reporting on national security topics, with an emphasis on the recent presidential election.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy