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.
Trump says US working to take back Bagram Air Base from Taliban
President Donald Trump has suggested he's working to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
Mass deportations ensnare immigrant service members, veterans
As the Trump administration engages in a campaign of mass deportations, military experts and veterans say immigrant troops and their relatives are targets.
4 service members aboard helicopter that crashed in Washington state
Four service members assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment were on board the MH-60 Black Hawk.
Senators seek to make it easier for VA to exhume ‘disgraced’ veterans
A proposed bill would give VA more latitude to exhume the remains of veterans convicted of serious crimes who are buried in national cemeteries.
The heartbreakingly common story of my military suicide attempt
"Maybe that’s what makes this story different. Not that it’s mine, but exactly because it isn’t," a Marine veteran writes in this War Horse reflection.
Ukraine expects $3.5 billion fund for US weapons, Zelenskyy says
Ukraine expects to have a $3.5 billion fund by next month to buy weapons from the U.S. and sustain its fight against Russia's invasion.
Sept. 30 deadline nears for Tricare West specialty care referrals
Certain referrals for specialty care for Tricare Prime beneficiaries will expire.
Veteran who burned US flag in DC pleads not guilty to federal charges
Army veteran Jan Carey set fire to an American flag near the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on flag burning.
Experts debunk DOD claim about autism therapy, demand its availability
A new report urges the DOD to provide Applied Behavior Analysis as a basic benefit for the one in 28 military children diagnosed with autism.
