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.
As border deployment grows, lawmakers demand details
U.S. lawmakers want the acting defense secretary to explain the long-term plans for troops at the southern border, and how much those deployments cost.
Trump-Kim summit: ‘Empty gestures may be enough for this president, but they won’t fool me’
House Foreign Affairs chairman Eliot Engel warned against lifting sanctions in exchange for "hollow concessions."
58 former national security officials to rebuke Trump’s emergency declaration
A bipartisan group of 58 former senior national security officials is expected to join opposition to President Trump’s national emergency declaration.
Congress’ foreign policy flex in Europe
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers went to Europe to say there is another branch of government that values alliances.
The Pentagon wants to know how a border wall will improve troops’ ‘effectiveness’ before it contributes DoD dollars
The Pentagon needs the justification to be able to redirect military construction funds to support border wall.
US military officers prep the battlefield for White House budget
Ahead of the White House’s FY20 budget submission, a solid push for diplomacy and development spending is coming from, well, the Defense Department.
House Democrats probe White House push to transfer nuclear technology to Riyadh
House Oversight Committee is investigating plan to build nuclear reactors in the Mideast.
Obama Energy chief has a fix for INF Treaty
The U.S. has a path to salvage the tattered INF Treaty, says former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.
Trump demands Europe take ISIS prisoners, America’s latest ask in Syria
Trump’s message comes as the U.S. wants allies to stabilize Syria.
