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.
‘A significantly weaker America’: Major study warns of eroding US military
U.S. military capabilities continued to stand still or erode as world threats proliferated during 2017, a new study from The Heritage Foundation warns.
Senate won’t confirm Trump’s Pentagon nominees until McCain gets Iraq and Afghanistan details
Sen. John McCain says he is refusing to advance President Trump’s nominees to the Pentagon until he is satisfied the administration is communicating its plans for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Pentagon asks Congress to move $416M for missile defense
The Pentagon is asking Congress to reprogram $416 million allocated for various military accounts to pay for missile defense programs as the Trump administrations mulls military responses to North Korea’s recent belligerence.
US Senate passes budget-busting $700 billion defense policy bill
The U.S. Senate passed a $700 defense policy bill for 2018 that would exceed President Donald Trump’s budget request and break statutory caps on defense spending.
GOP senator blasts ‘cowardly’ Democrats over scuttled sequestration repeal
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., in a fiery Senate floor speech Monday blamed Democrats for an impasse in that quashed his measure to repeal sequestration.
US Senate tables Rand Paul measure to scrap war authorizations
Lawmakers took a notable vote to scuttle a proposal to scrap America’s current war authorizations on Wednesday.
US Senate advances vote on Paul’s AUMF repeal measure
The U.S. Senate is moving toward a vote Wednesday on Sen. Rand Paul’s proposal to scrap America’s current war authorizations.
Thornberry predicts CR through December, plus-ups for missile defense, readiness
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has speculated lawmakers will pass at least a three-month continuing resolution to fund the government beyond the end of the fiscal year.
DoD backs McCain-Reed proposal to close military bases
The Pentagon supports a proposal to authorize a base closure round in 2019 from Sens. John McCain and Jack Reed, according to the top Pentagon official in charge of military installations.
