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.
Mattis asks senators to end budget chaos
US lawmakers welcomed Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ visit to Capitol Hill Tuesday to talk up defense spending and decry unstable budgeting, but it’s unclear he moved the needle in favor of Pentagon spending.
US Senate confirms Rood as Pentagon policy chief
The Lockheed Martin executive now joins the Mattis team at the Pentagon.
Lawmakers move to limit Trump authority to launch nuke after ‘nuclear button’ size tweet
Two Democratic lawmakers are sponsoring legislation that would require the president to receive congressional approval before initiating a first-use nuclear strike from the United States.
Congress in for messy start to 2018
Although lawmakers managed to avert a government shutdown before skipping town for the holidays, they will face a mess when they return in January.
Congress avoids government shutdown with another short-term budget fix
The four-week budget deal would keep federal operations uninterrupted through Christmas, but again put off debate over a full-year fix.
House GOP scraps funding plan as government shutdown looms
House Republicans are scrapping plans to wed a full-year defense spending bill to a short-term continuing resolution for the rest of government.
This week in Congress: The Cromnibus and the Christmas shutdown showdown
As U.S. lawmakers return to the brink of a government shutdown this week, defense insiders are hopeful Congress will find a path to a budget deal that eases military spending limits.
The new BRAC strategy: capability over cost savings
Congress doesn't buy the Pentagon's argument that BRAC will save money. So what comes next?
US Congress avoids government shutdown, at least for two more weeks
U.S. lawmakers on Thursday averted a government shutdown this week by passing a new funding extension to keep federal operations running for two more weeks, in the hopes of reaching a broader budget consensus before Christmas.
