Poverty affects more than a billion people around the world. They struggle with hunger, illness and a lack of housing or medical care. The recession has complicated these problems, but Clint Borgen, 33, believes it's also an opportunity to address global poverty.
"Global poverty is very tied to our own national interest in the United States," he said, echoing the sentiments of Pentagon military experts and the White House's national security strategists.
Borgen witnessed firsthand the struggles of living in poverty while helping Kosovo War genocide refugees in 1999. ...