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.
Will Trump sell F-35s to the UAE? Congress wants him to show his work.
The US F-35 sale to UAE is moving at 'breakneck speed,' but it may slow to a halt on Capitol Hill.
Find out where Trump and Biden stand on defense and security issues
The race to the White House is on. Where do the candidates stand when it comes to working with allies and defeating adversaries?
Democrats face internal ‘fight’ on defense spending, says Smith
The Democratic split over the size of future defense budgets will come to a head in the new Congress, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., predicted Tuesday.
Pentagon’s plan to rearrange forces in Europe gets the third degree from both sides of the aisle
Though the Pentagon has proposed moving 12,000 troops out of Germany, officials could not offer details about the cost or the proposed timeline for carrying out the plan.
House passes funding patch to avert government shutdown
The House passed a stopgap spending measure to avoid a government shutdown and keep the Department of Defense and other federal agencies operating through Dec. 11.
After munition worker deaths, Army floats $16 billion plan to modernize production
U.S. Army officials told lawmakers Tuesday they are seeking a new 15-year, $16 billion strategy to modernize and automate the military’s aging munitions plants following nearly a dozen worker deaths and injuries over recent years.
Funding patch would avert shutdown through Dec. 11, fund Navy’s Columbia program
House Democrats have filed a stopgap spending measure to avoid a government shutdown and keep the Department of Defense and other federal agencies operating through Dec. 11.
Defense industry worries Congress will punt budget deal into 2021
As Congress readies a stopgap spending measure this week, the defense industry is girding for a long-term funding patch that could delay both new procurement programs and needed fiscal certainty into next year.
Trump: ‘No problem’ selling F-35 jets to UAE
U.S. President Donald Trump says he would have “no problem” selling the advanced F-35 fighter to the United Arab Emirates, despite objections from Israel.
