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 bill would kill whales, Democrats say
119 Democrats want to preserve wildlife protections that would be weakened by the House's FY19 NDAA.
In Helsinki backlash, Democrats target sanctions loophole for US allies buying Russian arms
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants to make sure a proposed loophole for Russia sanctions sought by the Pentagon never makes it into law.
Dems to Trump: Cancel Putin meeting over hacking indictments
Democrats in Congress are pressuring President Trump to cancel his meeting with Vladimir Putin in the wake of indictments against a dozen Russians who meddled in U.S. elections.
Bill would make Pentagon track allied defense spending for Congress
Sen. Mike Lee has proposed a bill to restart Pentagon reporting to Congress on allied countries’ annual military spending.
Giant Pentagon policy bill kicks off closed-door debate
U.S. House and Senate conferees on the 2019 NDAA have formally begun negotiations to merge their competing drafts.
Schumer: ‘Yawning gap’ between Trump’s North Korea denuclearization claims — and reality
Washington-Pyongyang talks "have thus far been a flop," says the Senate's top Democrat.
Delay for proposed DISA elimination clears key hurdle
A Maryland congressman is working to thwart a proposal to ax DISA.
Will $95B for R&D make its way to the final defense appropriations bill?
A proposed 2019 defense spending bill contains a record $95 billion for research and development.
Dems fight to wall off military from Trump’s immigration plans
Here's how Congressional Democrats are targeting the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy's reliance on the military.
