Obama to Fill WMD Post Bush Ignored

President-elect Obama will hire an official to oversee efforts to stop terrorists from gaining nuclear and biological weapons, the Boston Globe reports, a position the Bush administration approved but left unfilled. Such efforts are currently spread among many agencies, and a report predicting a deadly attack within 5 years using weapons of mass destruction gives them new urgency.

“America’s margin of safety is shrinking, not growing,” says the report on global terror threats; VP-elect Joe Biden and Homeland Security nominee Janet Napolitano will be briefed today on the commission’s findings. The priority: Stop Iran and North Korea from developing nuclear weapons, and take greater pains to keep dangerous materials out of the wrong hands. (More terrorism stories.)