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.
Forget it, let’s all run away to El Paso: PODCAST
Defense News' Political Fallout Shelter podcast for the week of March 11, 2019: Pentagon reprogramming, Heather Wilson leaves, veterans' suicide.
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.
What’s the next step for ISIS? A top US general shares his prediction with lawmakers
The head of U.S. Central Command says the Islamic State group maintains a 1-mile sliver of the 34,000 square miles it once held.
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.
Top US general in Europe: Don’t give Turkey F-35 if they buy Russian system
Gen. Curits Scaparotti, who also serves as the top uniformed official at NATO, took aim at alliance member Turkey during testimony.
War is too important to be left to politicians: PODCAST
Defense News' Political Fallout Shelter podcast for the week of March 4, 2019: National emergency fight, military housing problems, Bryce Harper's new contract.
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.
