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 Democrats pitch $1.5 trillion discretionary spending level amid internal discord
The resolution will let the House Appropriations Committee begin drafting its spending bills in the meantime, before markups begin in the coming weeks.
House tees up war authorization repeal while Senate waits on White House
The House plans to vote on a repeal of the Iraq-focused 2002 war authorization this week, but similar legislation is on a slower track on the other side of the Capitol.
NATO members set to say they won’t deploy land-based nukes in Europe
NATO allies are poised to officially oppose the alliance deploying ground-based nuclear missiles in Europe, Defense News has learned.
SASC advances Air Force secretary pick, six other nominees
President Joe Biden’s nominee for Air Force secretary and six other top Pentagon picks advanced out of the Senate Armed Services Committee by a voice vote Thursday.
Austin, Milley defend weapons cuts in Biden’s defense budget
Top Pentagon leaders defended President Joe Biden’s flat defense budget request to lawmakers on Thursday and its “hard choices” to slash legacy weapons programs in favor of developing technologies, as a hedge against China.
7 questions with the chair of NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly
Defense News caught up with U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly ahead of NATO’s June 14 summit in Brussels.
Defense firms quietly resume political giving after post-insurrection pause
Defense companies have slowly ramped up their political donations to the Republicans they once purported to shun over a refusal to acknowledge President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.
Space Force seeks $832 million in classified spending, new missions and more in annual wish list
The unfunded priority list lays out funding requests on top of the $17.4 billion in the Space Force's annual budget proposal.
Biden urged to bring missile defense reductions to Putin summit
Ahead of President Joe Biden’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin this month, more than 60 advocates, former military officers, lawmakers and government officials are asking Biden to put missile defense reductions on the agenda.
