WASHINGTON — In an attempt to pre-empt President Bush’s State of the Union speech next week, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Thursday offered a scathing view of U.S. security at home and abroad under Republican leadership. From Iraq to health care, Republican leaders in the White House and Congress have misplaced priorities, Durbin told an audience at the National Press Club. "Too often, they have treated America’s urgent security challenges not as problems to be solved, but as opportunities for special interests," said Durbin, reiterating the Democrats’ accusation that Republicans have fostered a "culture of corruption" in Washington as...