The key to a secure retirement is to plan ahead.

It can also help a generation of Americans feel more confident about their plans for a secure retirement.

For weak plans can make strong portfolios - and a secure retirement - impossible to achieve.

Yet even this group does not have enough in financial assets to pay for a secure retirement.

America must honor its commitment to those who have worked a lifetime and earned the right to a secure retirement that cannot be taken away.

On Day 1 I'll work for economic opportunities, better schools, a more secure retirement and a safer world.

Excellent schools, quality health care, a secure retirement, a cleaner environment, a stronger defense - these are all important needs and we fund them.

Indeed, we look forward to a financially secure retirement as a result of having kept everything acquired over the past 30 or so years.

Seniors are not the only people who are counting on a secure retirement.

Let's invest in health care, education, a secure retirement and middle-class tax cuts.