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.
Key lawmaker wants US to defriend Pakistan
A key House lawmaker is sponsoring legislation to downgrade Pakistan’s status as a major U.S. ally and limit its access to American-made weapons, just as President Trump intends to take a harder line toward Islamabad.
Trump sends Export-Import Bank nominees to Senate
President Donald Trump has formally nominated former members of Congress, Scott Garrett and Spencer Bachus, to two vacant positions on the U.S. Export-Import bank as expected, a win for the defense and aerospace sector.
McCain urges Trump administration for Afghanistan strategy
As the U.S. readies to send 4,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, Senate Armed Services Committee Chair John McCain hammered the Trump administration for failing to produce a strategy for America’s longest war.
US lawmakers skeptical of arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Lebanon
U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle laid bare their suspicions about U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Lebanon over the countries’ alleged links to terror on Thursday, perhaps signaling choppy waters in the alliances.
Mattis: Trump authorized military to set troop levels in Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis confirmed Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump gave him authority to set troop numbers in Afghanistan but said new levels have not been decided.
Mattis: Trump military buildup begins in 2019
As lawmakers grilled Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on the gap between President Trump’s defense buildup promises and his 2018 budget, Mattis reassured them the “real growth” begins in 2019.
Trump must endorse NATO mutual-aid clause, HASC Dems say
Seven House Armed Services Committee Democrats are calling on the president to explicitly endorse NATO’s mutual-defense clause after he reportedly dropped it from a speech.
White House advances Navy secretary, two other DoD picks to Senate
The White House advanced its nominee for Navy secretary and two other Defense Department officials to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.
US-Qatar fighter jet sale worth $21B in middle of diplomatic crisis
President Trump sided with Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries Tuesday in a deepening diplomatic crisis with Qatar, casting a cloud over a $21.1 billion sale Boeing is counting on to keep open its F-15 production line.
