WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, which has direct oversight for the Social Security Administration (SSA), joined his colleagues today in approving the nomination of former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley to be the next Social Security Commissioner. The Social Security Administration is headquartered in Woodlawn, Maryland. "Martin O'Malley showed his strengths  more PR