Joe Gould
Joe Gould was the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry. He had previously served as Congress reporter.
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Republican budget plan will ‘undermine’ US security, warns Biden admin
The Biden administration is portraying plans from Republicans to gut the federal budget as jeopardizing national security.
Why has this Trump pick for the DoD been blocked for 11 weeks?
Senate Republican leaders are decrying Democratic obstruction of Pentagon nominees, but at least one is being blocked by Senate Armed Services Committee Chair John McCain himself.
US Senate confirms Shanahan, but Democrats still slowing Trump picks
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the Pentagon’s new No. 2, Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan, 92-7, but Democrats say they will continue to delay Trump administration nominees.
Congress advancing DoD nominees while McCain heals
Congressional proceedings for Pentagon nominees this week will proceed as planned, despite the absence of Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain for medical reasons.
This week in Congress: Nominations abound
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of July 17.
US House passes sweeping 2018 defense policy bill, 344-81
The U.S. House passed a $696.5 billion defense policy bill on Friday, but it exceeds statutory budget caps, setting up a showdown.
House kills proposed ban on transgender surgery for troops, 209-214
The House voted down a Republican proposal to bar the Pentagon from paying for gender-transition surgeries.
Shanahan pole vaulting Senate health care quicksand to confirmation vote
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is advancing the nominee for the Pentagon’s No. 2 job, Patrick Shanahan, to a floor vote, likely next week.
Trump, Mattis lose as 'Space Corps' proposal survives in defense policy bill
There's one less hurdle for a new military branch focused on space after an amendment meant to derail it failed Wednesday to get approval from the House Rules Committee for a public floor debate.
White House against 'Space Corps' and other House plans, fueling policy bill debate
The Trump administration is registering more than two dozen objections to the House’s 2018 defense policy bill, including a new space-focused branch of the military, it announced Wednesday.
