The Constitution "can be watered down in times of a national security crisis."

Earlier when confronting a security crisis, we would have become involved quite deeply.

Against this background, the security crisis is the only item on next week's agenda that matters.

"In the middle of a security crisis, you sent Ivan to a flower show?"

This, too, marked the beginning of the social security crisis.

"There isn't a security crisis in the country at this point," General Sanchez said.

Now virtually every day, terrifying new crimes dramatize the country's public security crisis.

"The authorities refuse to recognize the severity of the public security crisis, partly because it's so frightening."

Not every national security crisis the new administration is likely to face will be military in nature.

That is why Somalia needs to put an end to one of the worst humanitarian and security crises in the world.