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.
Defense firm’s ‘excess profits’ land in Congress’s crosshairs
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is probing excess profits by defense contractor TransDigm.
For Shanahan, it looks like a rocky road to defense secretary
Key Democrats are signaling that Patrick Shanahan, the acting defense secretary who was informally nominated for the permanent role last week, will face tough questioning.
Democrats’ budget plan includes a 3.1 percent pay raise for troops
If approved, the 3.1 percent pay boost would be the largest for troops since 2010.
House Democrats aim to slash DoD’s money-moving authority over Trump’s border wall ‘gimmicks’
House Democrats are proposing a Pentagon spending bill that slashes the amount of money the military can shift between accounts.
US Air Force nuclear, space programs take hit in border wall reprogramming
The Pentagon is taking $402 million from Air Force programs as part of a reprogramming effort to support the border mission.
All hail the new king: PODCAST
Defense Nerds podcast for May 13, 2019: Patrick Shanahan's nomination, Iran, North Korea, military nicknames.
Storm-ravaged bases wait on Washington for repair money
Hundreds of millions of repair dollars are at stake for several stateside military bases.
Dems warn Shanahan new border actions could break civil-military law
Key senators are asking the defense secretary to stick to a ban on troops performing law enforcement roles.
Let’s start our own defense company: PODCAST
Defense Nerds podcast for May 6: Feres doctrine, Yemen war veto, sonobuoys, clapping for Mike Pence.
