And Mr Obama's national security record includes meaningful accomplishments that hint at how he might handle them.
Finally, is there any merit to the notion that the Obama administration is spilling secrets to burnish its national security record?
Just two hours before the blast at Pemex headquarters, the company touted its security record at a conference titled "First Congress for Security, Health and Environmental Protection" in the city of Merida in eastern Mexico.
But Mr Obama's substantial national security track record shows he preserves American might by wielding it carefully.
This list of prematurely declared "successes" is illustrative of the larger problem with the Clinton security policy record.
But there was no Social Security Administration record of Kekua's death.
Te'o's grandmother did in fact die in September, according to Deadspin, but there is no Social Security Administration record of the death of the athlete's supposed girlfriend, described as a Stanford University student.
James Mahaney, vice president of strategic initiatives at Prudential Financial, has published research on similar, but largely overlooked, strategies that work for retirees who can collect Social Security from the earnings record of a divorced or deceased spouse.
Well, there you have it just another ho-hum year ahead for CIOs expected to imagine and deliver indispensable market intelligence and insight, optimized business processes, unmatched customer engagement and experience, bullet-proof global security across systems of record as well as tens of thousands of handheld devices, social opportunities, and the perfect blend of cloud and on-premise systems that will ensure their companies remain healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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Each year you work, you add to your earnings record leading Social Security to automatically recalculate your benefits.
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On Ashley's advice, I posed in front of the security camera to create a record for any detectives who would eventually search for me.
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It's not just public-record-based security that's under pressure, however.
VirusTotal also has a strong track record in web security, and we're delighted to be able to provide them with the infrastructure they need to ensure that their service continues to improve.
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Instead, they were questions generated (it quickly became clear) by security software that taps into public record information about you.
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The report also ranked software companies according to their record of patching known security vulnerabilities in the software they sell.
Greece, criticised by Washington over its anti-terrorism record, ordered a security alert at the U.S. embassy in Athens and other potential U.S. targets, including schools.
What does seem unlikely is that a junior security guard would be able to record hundreds of hours of confidential conversations simply by placing a tape recorder under a sofa, which is what Mr Melnichenko claims to have done.
"Microsoft doesn't have a faultless record when it comes to security, " he said.
Uncertainty over supplies, and security fears have driven crude prices to record highs in recent months - boosting fuel prices.
Adversaries of leaking like corporations, law enforcement and intelligence, he says, have ramped up their security measures in the wake of WikiLeaks record-breaking breaches.
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And given his track record of building successful information security companies, Kramer is likely to position Imperva to be a leader in protecting companies against the new threat environment.
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Separately, his record on foreign policy and national security policy speaks for itself.
John Kerry surging to the front of the Democratic pack, the head of President Bush's re-election effort took aim at him Friday, charging that the Massachusetts senator's voting record shows a weakness on national security issues.
In October 2011, just four months after the Morton memo was issued, Napolitano delivered a speech at American University in which she boasted that the Department of Homeland Security was on track to set a new record for deportations in the 2011 fiscal year.
Libya is already on record in a letter to the Security Council last August, saying that it "accepts responsibility for the actions of its officials" over Lockerbie, so even the prime minister's denials of responsibility in his BBC interview cannot be taken at face value.
"The method by which Social Security assigns numbers has been a matter of public record for years, " said Lassiter.
As with the national security nominations, Lew is someone with a deep record of experience in Washington, having served in many roles in the executive and legislative branches since the 1970s.
His transgressions include being open to a value-added tax, a less-than-stellar record on healthcare, weakness on Social Security reform, an anemic list of proposed budget savings, and support for reprehensible ethanol subsidies.
He said all that has to match on an online billing record is your account number, expiration date, security code, and billing zip code.
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