There needs to be continued effort and increased spending on stopping terrorist threats. One source of money is the profligate spending on military hardware, most of it of no use in stopping terrorists.  We can get much more bang for the buck by cutting an aircraft carrier, $14 billion stripped, $30 billion well-equipped. But the military industrial machine will continue to profit from war mongers looking for WMDs. 
Feeling broke in the richest nation in the world? Follow the money.