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.
US Senate defense bill would prep for high-tech fights
Cyber, hypersonic weapons and AI are among the technologies emphasized in the Senate's version of the annual defense policy bill.
House overwhelmingly backs plan to ‘rebuild our military’
The bill includes plans to grow military end strength, give troops a 2.6 percent pay raise boost aviation upgrades.
House rejects limit on new nuclear warhead
A proposed limit on the administration’s pursuit of a low-yield nuclear weapon was among four defense policy bill amendments the House has rejected.
US lawmakers put war budget in the crosshairs
One House Democrat called the Pentagon's war budget a "slush fund" ahead of a House vote to eliminate it.
White House doesn’t like Congress’ plan to kill DISA
The White House wants to eliminate a provision in the House’s draft of the annual Pentagon policy bill that would shutter the Defense Information Systems Agency.
The White House wants 37 items gone from the NDAA
The House draft of the annual Pentagon policy bill is full of things the White House finds objectionable. Enough for a veto? Probably not.
Democrats fight Pentagon’s push for battlefield nukes
The Trump administration is developing a new tactical nuclear weapon, and Democrats are fighting it. Here's why.
Bahrain cleared to buy 3,200 US bomb bodies for its F-16 fighters
The U.S. State Department has cleared Bahrain was cleared to buy as many as 3,200 bombs to arm F-16 fighters the Obama administration had blocked.
Germany cleared by US State Department to spend $1.4 billion on C-130Js
The aircraft are meant to help the German Air Force conduct airlift, air refueling and air drop missions as part of a French-German allied squadron based in Evreux, France.
