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.
Does Congress even matter: PODCAST
The Defense Department reprogramming fight, will the Pentagon ever get a new secretary, Blue Water Vietnam veterans benefits and a bride who kicked a Marine out of her wedding for being distracting.
When will Trump nominate a permanent defense secretary?
The Pentagon has never before gone more than two months without a permanent leader. Now, the Trump administration is about to double that wait.
‘There are going to be consequences’: Shanahan prepares for congressional pushback to reprogrammed funds
The Pentagon expects to be stripped of a key fiscal authority.
Disaster aid package includes $2B for military. How much would each branch get?
A bill on Capitol Hill would address hurricane damage at U.S. military installations.
What is dead may never die: PODCAST
Political Fallout Shelter podcast for March 25: Trump vs. McCain, defense spending and the 2020 election, March Madness military upsets.
Trump embraces politics of defense spending in battleground Ohio
U.S. President Trump toured and delivered remarks at the nation’s last remaining tank-manufacturing facility.
What’s a few billion among friends: PODCAST
Political fallout shelter for the week of March 18, 2019. The White House defense budget plan for fiscal 2020, VA budget, Avengers: Endgame trailer analysis.
Congress votes to cancel Trump’s national emergency amid worries it hurts the military; veto expected
The Senate has voted to overturn the president's national emergency, baiting him to issue the first veto of his presidency.
Senate passes resolution to end US support of Saudi Arabia in Yemen, 54-46
The vote marks the first time lawmakers have invoked the decades-old War Powers Resolution to halt American military involvement in a foreign conflict.
