On Defense, Ron Paul Says Capitol Hill Budgeteers 'Aren't Cutting Anything out of Anything'

Mitt Romney's complaints about impending cuts in the defense budget were dismissed by Ron Paul at Tuesday night's GOP debate.

"They're not cutting anything out of anything," Paul said of congressional budget negotiations.

"They're nibbling away at baseline budgeting. People are going hysterical because spending isn't going up as fast as they want it to."

Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich, meantime, assailed President Obama for undermining U.S. security through ineffectual or nonexistent energy policies.

Bachmann said the president's decision to halt the Keystone pipeline from Canada kills hundreds of thousands of jobs and makes America more dependent on Mideast oil.