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.
Is it already time to worry about the Pentagon budget?
Lawmakers worry the budget fight between President Donald Trump and Democrats will lead to a deadlock in negotiations.
Do border deployments hurt readiness or not? Key Senate Democrats demand answers from DoD
"To the extent the southern border deployment is causing readiness concerns, they must be addressed immediately," lawmakers are demanding.
Let’s play Senate thermonuclear war: PODCAST
Changes in Senate confirmation votes, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie's interview with Military Times, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg's address to Congress, and military conspiracy theories.
This week in Congress: The rush before spring break
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of April 8, 2019.
US Air Force defends F-15X buy to skeptical Inhofe, Reed
U.S. Air Force officials are defending their reversal to pursue Boeing’s F-15X, a fourth-generation fighter jet, saying it will not derail plans to buy F-35 jets.
NATO chief faces alliance’s fractures and foes in address to Congress
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg used an unprecedented address to Congress on Wednesday to acknowledge strains in the pact and to pressure Russia to return to compliance with the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty.
House Dems offer $733B for defense in 2020 in two-year budget caps deal
Lead Democrats have proposed a bill to raise statutory budget caps for two years, with $733 billion for defense in FY20 — but it’s likely to spark a fight with the White House.
Turkey’s marriage of F-35 and S-400 ‘absolutely unsustainable,’ says EUCOM nominee
US general: Turkey 'should not get' F-35
103 House lawmakers push for more F-35s
F-35 boosters in Congress want 24 more than the president requested.
