The Bush administration launched the war in Iraq ostensibly to secure weapons of mass destruction and prevent al-Qaida from acquiring them. The president has said repeatedly that nothing is more important to the security of the U.S. than preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction. And yet, while the U.S. spends $10 billion a month on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Defense Department plans to spend nearly 25 percent less on securing fissile material and weapons of mass destruction in 2008 than it spent in 2006.

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