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.
Smith: Trim budget fat in America’s nuclear triad
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith says he's open to cutting back quantities of nuclear arms instead of one leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.
Lawmakers to invite NATO chief to address Congress
The invitation comes at a tense time in the alliance.
Here’s Trump’s FY20 budget. It’s about to get shredded.
President Trump’s new budget reflects White House funding priorities, but it has little if any chance of becoming law.
House Democrats demand Shanahan explain border wall funding scheme
How will the Pentagon pay for the border wall? Lawmakers worry Congress is being sidelined.
US lawmakers back tough stance on North Korea after Trump-Kim summit
“No normalization without denuclearization,” says Sen. Corey Gardner.
Top US general in Europe seeks more troops, warships to counter Russia
The EUCOM commander says he's “not comfortable yet with the deterrent posture” of America's military presence.
Border wall casts long shadow over FY20 defense budget — and that’s not all
Even before it arrives, the defense budget proposal is already taking flak from lawmakers over the bookkeeping gimmickry that’s likely to accompany it.
Frustrated lawmakers press Pentagon to reveal its plan for border wall funding
DoD officials detailed how they may redirect military construction funds to build President Trump's border wall.
As border deployment grows, lawmakers demand details
U.S. lawmakers want the acting defense secretary to explain the long-term plans for troops at the southern border, and how much those deployments cost.
