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.
Democrats hammer Trump budget plan with DoD efficiency study
Democratic lawmakers used a Pentagon efficiency study that claimed $125 billion in potential savings to attack President Trump’s plan to fund a defense hike with domestic cuts.
White House 'skinny budget' faces long slog up Capitol Hill
Lawmakers say some cuts included in Trump administration's first budget proposal are "dead on arrival."
Thornberry primes 2018 Pentagon reform agenda
The Pentagon reform agenda of House Armed Services Chair Mac Thornberry, R-Tex., is not waiting for the president’s Defense Department to take shape.
With Viola out, new service secretaries could take months
Even before President Trump’s nominee to lead the Army abruptly withdrew his name from consideration late Friday over business entanglements, it would have taken months before the Pentagon’s top jobs would be filled.
Lawmakers want the hiring freeze thawed for defense-acquisition workers
A handful of House lawmakers are calling on President Trump to exempt the Defense Department’s acquisitions personnel from the federal hiring freeze he ordered a week ago.
Pentagon Confirms Trump Hiring Freeze Locks Out Military Civilians
However, Mattis can offer a unilateral waiver for some spots.
McCain Hits Trump Budget Office Pick Mulvaney on Defense
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair John McCain ripped President Trump’s nominee to become the nation’s budget director as an “impediment” to funding the military.
Budget Nominee Mulvaney Will Recommend Trump End War-Account Abuse
President Trump’s nominee to become the nation’s budget director, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., said he will press the president to stop skirting budget caps by using the war budget.
