`` If we look to other categories of children -- say , stepchildren , and there is also one for adopted children NEW : `` It 's a mess , '' Kagan says . -- The New York Times reports that the White House is considering whether to release classified memos written by former National Security Adviser James Jones about his conversations with President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in The child was conceived by in vitro fertilization after the father died . The question is whether the child can be eligible for Social Security survivor benefits .
NEW : `` It 's a mess , '' Kagan says . -- The New York Times reports that the White House is considering whether to release classified memos written by former National Security Adviser James Jones about his conversations with President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in The child was conceived by in vitro fertilization after the father died . The question is whether the child can be eligible for Social Security survivor benefits .