Until and unless those changes are made, the public will continue to reject both the concept of Social Security privatization and candidates for office that advocate it.

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He craved the quiet security of academic life but repeatedly abandoned it for the risks and tumults of public office.

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According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Federal debt held by the public (which does not include social security obligations) was 35 percent of GDP in 2000, 62 percent in the second quarter of 2010, and is expected to reach 70 percent in 2011.

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While no shots were fired and no one was injured, the pilot, co-pilot and a transport security guard were all threatened at gunpoint, said Ine Van Wymersch, of the Public Prosecutor's Office in Brussels.

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Meanwhile, the independent al-Masry al-Youm newspaper said on Tuesday that Mr Morsi's office has filed a complaint accusing it of "circulating false news likely to disturb public peace and public security and affect the administration".

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Speaking in Downing Street after meeting the prime minister and the new Home Office minister for security, Admiral Sir Alan West, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith urged members of the public to report anything suspicious to the police.

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