Methamphetamine is a highly dangerous drug that is wreaking havoc on families and communities throughout this country. The drug's use is spreading across the United States.

For a country like the United States that is promoting the advancement of freedom, building jails is not necessarily your best image.

We are a member club of the United States Fencing Association, which governs fencing throughout the country. That means we can hold tournaments and our members can go to tournaments. Many clubs throughout the country host tournaments on a fairly regular basis. Most tournaments are in Pittsburgh or State College, a few in Cleveland and Harrisburg or anywhere that's got fencing. We also go down to West Virginia frequently.

It's a hard case to make that the United States and others should be investing resources into a country that is squandering its own resources.

If the United States is treating Afghanistan as a sovereign country it has to prove it.

We have a lot of Brazilians in the United States. It doesn't mean we're traitors to our country.