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.
Interview: Mike Rounds, chairman of Senate Armed Services cyber subcommittee
Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., is the chairman of a newly created Senate Armed Services subcommittee.
Shutdown deadline looms over Congress' return
There’s a lot of optimism in Congress that when it returns from recess on Monday, it can quickly reach a budget deal, averting both a shutdown and a long-term stop-gap budget that would vex defense interests.
DoD watchdog targets red tape for Iraqi training
There are warehouses full of weapons and equipment to train Iraqi counter-terror troops fighting the Islamic State group, but Iraqi red tape is keeping it locked up, according to a Pentagon watchdog agency.
Lawmakers say Trump needs Congress' OK to wage war on ISIS
When Congress returns from recess, U.S. President Donald Trump will face a push from some lawmakers who say he should ask for their authorization to wage an extended war in Syria and Iraq.
US lawmakers urge Trump on Reaper sales to Jordan, UAE
A bipartisan group of nearly two dozen lawmakers is calling for the Trump administration to allow sales of armed unmanned systems to Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.
Trump considers military push in Yemen war. US lawmakers push back
The U.S. would limit arms sales to Saudi Arabia over its campaign in Yemen, if legislation announced by four U.S. senators on Thursday passes Congress.
Trump says NATO ‘no longer obsolete’ in series of foreign policy reversals
U.S. President Donald Trump has said NATO is "no longer obsolete," a huge reversal from an oft-stated stance that alarmed U.S. allies, and one in a series of recent foreign policy U-turns.
McCain, Graham urge Trump to take 'greater military action' in Syria
Hawkish Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham are pressing the Trump administration to escalate military efforts to protect the Syrian people against President Bashar Assad.
Congressional leaders urge Trump for broader Syria strategy
In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s strike on a Syrian airfield in retaliation for deadly chemical weapons attacks, U.S. lawmakers want the commander in chief to spell out his broader strategy in Syria, and soon.
