Newt Gingrich on Defense: 'I'm a Hawk, but I'm a Cheap Hawk'

Submitted by Anonymous on October 18, 2011 - 9:32pm

Newt Gingrich said the budget supercommittee shows the "bankruptcy" of both parties.

"They're going to come up with a stupid plan that would have us shoot ourselves in the head, and then come back with a plan that only requires us to shoot off a leg," the former U.S. House speaker said at Tuesday night's CNN Debate in Las Vegas.

Responding to a question about a proposal to cut the defense budget by $500 billion, he left the door open by saying, "I'm a hawk, but I'm a cheap hawk."

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