we can take from spending on nuclear weapons and apply it to the efforts to save our economy. Joe Cirincione spells out the various programs that can be cut, consolidated or revamped. One area highlighted is our anti-missile defense which has had a great deal of difficulty passing tests to demonstrate that it actually works. Spending on this effort has gone from $4 billion a year in 2000 to $13 billion today. And, of course, Cirincione reminds us that our annual spending on military matters has gone from $305 billion in FY2001 to $716 billion planned for FY2009.
Cutting the military budget has not been made easier by the events at Mumbai or the recent report that the likelihood of our being hit by WMD is greater now than it has ever been.
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