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 kills proposed ban on transgender surgery for troops, 209-214
The House voted down a Republican proposal to bar the Pentagon from paying for gender-transition surgeries.
Shanahan pole vaulting Senate health care quicksand to confirmation vote
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is advancing the nominee for the Pentagon’s No. 2 job, Patrick Shanahan, to a floor vote, likely next week.
Trump, Mattis lose as 'Space Corps' proposal survives in defense policy bill
There's one less hurdle for a new military branch focused on space after an amendment meant to derail it failed Wednesday to get approval from the House Rules Committee for a public floor debate.
White House against 'Space Corps' and other House plans, fueling policy bill debate
The Trump administration is registering more than two dozen objections to the House’s 2018 defense policy bill, including a new space-focused branch of the military, it announced Wednesday.
McCain to White House: No more defense industry nominees
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair John McCain, a key congressional gatekeeper for Pentagon nominees, said he does not want the Trump administration to nominate any more executives from the top five defense firms to run the Pentagon.
US State Department clears $1B in sales to UK, Netherlands
The U.S. State Department has announced more than $1 billion in potential sales to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Mulvaney opens door to bigger DoD budgets
The White House budget office has directed all federal departments and agencies to submit 2019 budgets no more than 5 percent above their 2018 budget requests.
US lawmaker wants to block F-35 sales to Turkey over embassy brawl
A Democratic lawmaker from Rhode Island is seeking to block the U.S. sale of Lockheed Martin-made F-35 fighter jets to Turkey over an attack on protesters outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington two months ago.
Interview: US Rep. Elise Stefanik
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik is the chairwoman of the Armed Services Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee with jurisdiction over Pentagon cyber operations, counter-terrorism, U.S. Special Operations Command and countering weapons of mass destruction.
