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.
Lawmakers grill Pompeo over Trump-Putin summit, NATO
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that President Donald Trump has mischaracterized NATO allies as paying their bills or owing the United States.
The fate of DISA, and other org chart changes in the new defense policy bill
Some organizational changes for the DoD have made it into this year’s massive, must-pass defense authorization bill.
Tactical nuclear weapon launches into development with Pentagon policy bill
The defense policy bill contains $65 million for a new submarine-launched, low-yield nuclear weapon.
No space force for Trump in big Pentagon policy bill
The 2019 defense policy bill does not create a space force. Here's what it does do.
Hardware, end-strength, Russia and China sanctions. Here’s the deal lawmakers reached on the huge defense policy bill.
U.S. House and Senate negotiators reached agreement Monday on the 2019 defense authorization bill.
Congress would stop Trump from leaving NATO, key senators say
“If they were seriously planning on withdrawing from NATO, I think it would create a unifying event unlike anything you’ve seen in U.S. history,” says Republican Sen. Thom Tillis.
US sanctions on Russia could harm India. Congress is wrestling over a fix.
How U.S. lawmakers handle stiff Russia sanctions that inadvertently target India and other allies will be a test of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' clout on Capitol Hill.
Defense bill would kill whales, Democrats say
119 Democrats want to preserve wildlife protections that would be weakened by the House's FY19 NDAA.
House votes champion stable military spending, but gridlock looms
Will a series of House messaging bills be enough to head off stop-gap spending bills for defense?
