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.
House panel votes to end 2001, 2002 war authorizations
The House Appropriations Committee approved separate measures to end the 2001 and 2002 war authorizations, which underpin U.S. counterterror operations ― another move by lawmakers to curb President Trump’s war-making powers.
Appropriators to deny DoD budget flexibility in border wall spat
Fired-up House appropriators are expected to vote to reject the Pentagon’s requests for added budget flexibility over the president’s diversion of military funds to build his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall.
House panel isn’t giving defense industry all the COVID aid it wants
The aid falls short of the “lower double-digit billions” Pentagon officials say defense firms will claim.
House panel would block Pentagon from extra sway over nuclear weapons budget
House appropriators have approved a spending bill that would block plans from defense hawks to give the Pentagon a stronger hand in crafting nuclear weapons budgets.
Stop buying Turkey’s F-35 parts, lawmakers tell DoD
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Pentagon to more quickly stop buying F-35 fighter jet components from Turkey.
Big pay raise, limits on troop moves highlight defense budget measure
The $740.5 billion defense authorization bill passed the House Armed Services Committee with bipartisan support.
Next-gen ICBM program survives defunding attempt in House panel
The House Armed Services Committee has shot down a plan that would've slashed funding for the Air Force’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program.
House panel spurns Trump’s Germany troop withdrawal
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday approved a bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump’s plans to pull about 10,000 U.S. troops from Germany.
Trump approves Pentagon plan to pull 9,500 US troops from Germany
After briefing Trump on plans to withdraw troops from Germany, Pentagon leaders will next address Congress.
