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The Navy SEAL who says he put three bullets in the head of Usama bin Laden is out of work, separated from his wife and believes he's been abandoned by his government, according to a new report. The hero frogman is bitter as he waits for disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to an exclusive story for Esquire by the Center for Investigative Reporting. After quitting just three years short of retirement, he has no health care or pension, he said.

Social Security is rushing even faster toward insolvency, driven by retiring baby boomers, a weak economy and politicians' reluctance to take painful action to fix the huge retirement and disability program.

On Wednesday, a statue commemorating Helen Keller's famous 1887 breakthrough moment a water pump will be unveiled in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall. It's the first statue in the Capitol of a person with a disability, as well as the first of a child, according to the Alabama governor's office.