Elaine Chao
When Peace Corps was first proposed, some in Congress assumed that only men would be volunteers.
The work of these women doesn't end when they return home from overseas, as one goal of the Peace Corps' mission is to help promote a better understanding of other cultures here in the United States.
As we celebrate Women's History Month this March, it's important to remember the key role women have played in promoting a better understanding and relationships between our country and the rest of the world.
There are many reasons to worry; the evening news is full of them.
Perhaps the original layaway angel knew from experience, or simply deduced, that people resorting to the old-fashioned installment method of layaway may be struggling financially.
Because of these layaway angels, many children did not have to wonder why Santa skipped them in 2011.
Though the National Bureau of Economic Research deemed the recession to have ended in June 2009, to most Americans, that conclusion seems not to square with reality.
Three years after the four deepest previous recessions began - in 1953, 1957, 1973 and 1981 - employment was on average 4.7% higher than the pre-recession peak.
While there have been news reports of recent college graduates living with their parents because they have been unable to find a job paying a salary sufficient to move out, their near and long-term career prospects remain far brighter than for those without a college degree.
The pursuit of excellence is a continuous process through life. Enjoy the pursuit.Collection: Enjoy Life
We do not support an automatic pathway to citizenship.Collection: Support
We feel a pathway to citizenship would reward illegal activity, ... Amnesty encourages further illegal immigration.Collection: Illegal Activities
Those who come forward will not be offered an automatic pass to citizenship and should be expected to pay a substantial fine or penalty to participate in the temporary program.Collection: Pay
Our intention is to clarify and modernize overtime pay rules.Collection: Pay
It will level the playing field, ... It will give American workers choice, confidence and also control.Collection: Giving
Given the rest of the economic news, including the fact that GDP growth is positive, inflation is still low, jobless claims are still moving downward and temporary services are firming up, that means the recovery continues, and we hope it will continue in a more robust fashion.Collection: Fashion
Many Enron employees lost 70 percent to 90 percent of their retirement assets after the company indicated that it would re-state profit reports.Collection: Retirement
The attacks on Sept. 11 really sent a shock wave through our economy, and the full reverberation of that is not yet known.Collection: Wave