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.
Senate won’t confirm Trump’s Pentagon nominees until McCain gets Iraq and Afghanistan details
Sen. John McCain says he is refusing to advance President Trump’s nominees to the Pentagon until he is satisfied the administration is communicating its plans for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Pentagon asks Congress to move $416M for missile defense
The Pentagon is asking Congress to reprogram $416 million allocated for various military accounts to pay for missile defense programs as the Trump administrations mulls military responses to North Korea’s recent belligerence.
US lawmakers balk at arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Nigeria
The administration is mulling plans to shift oversight of international non-military firearms sales from the State Department to the Commerce Department. “If Commerce is making the decision, this committee loses all oversight — that is human rights, and other considerations are gone if you don’t have congressional review,” said the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Ben Cardin
US Senate passes budget-busting $700 billion defense policy bill
The U.S. Senate passed a $700 defense policy bill for 2018 that would exceed President Donald Trump’s budget request and break statutory caps on defense spending.
GOP senator blasts ‘cowardly’ Democrats over scuttled sequestration repeal
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., in a fiery Senate floor speech Monday blamed Democrats for an impasse in that quashed his measure to repeal sequestration.
Former US Army Secretary Fanning to replace Melcher as AIA boss
The Aerospace Industries Association announced Monday that former U.S. Army Secretary Eric Fanning will become its president and CEO.
The US Senate missed a shot at repealing budget caps
Lawmakers love to hate budget caps, but repeal eluded the U.S. Senate Thursday.
US Senate tables Rand Paul measure to scrap war authorizations
Lawmakers took a notable vote to scuttle a proposal to scrap America’s current war authorizations on Wednesday.
US Senate advances vote on Paul’s AUMF repeal measure
The U.S. Senate is moving toward a vote Wednesday on Sen. Rand Paul’s proposal to scrap America’s current war authorizations.
