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.
After deaths at ammo plants, lawmakers to quiz US Army leaders on modernizing production
A planned House hearing comes in the wake of a series of explosions and fires that have killed and injured nearly a dozen workers at munition plants in recent years and led to a previously unreported investigation by the House Armed Services Committee.
Defense industry worries Congress will punt budget deal into 2021
As Congress readies a stopgap spending measure this week, the defense industry is girding for a long-term funding patch that could delay both new procurement programs and needed fiscal certainty into next year.
Trump: ‘No problem’ selling F-35 jets to UAE
U.S. President Donald Trump says he would have “no problem” selling the advanced F-35 fighter to the United Arab Emirates, despite objections from Israel.
Biden not planning defense cuts, but they may come anyway
Former Vice President Joe Biden said this week that, if elected president, he doesn’t foresee major reductions in the U.S. defense budget as the military refocuses its attention to potential threats from “near-peer” powers such as China and Russia.
Top House Armed Services Republican ‘dismayed’ at Trump’s attack on military leaders
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee says it was wrong for President Trump to have said Pentagon leaders want to go to war to satisfy the defense industry.
Defense authorization bill delayed until after election
A bipartisan compromise and vote on the 2021 defense policy bill isn’t likely before the Nov. 3 elections―but it should come “quickly” afterwards, the House Armed Services Committee’s top Republican said Wednesday.
GOP’s ‘targeted’ stimulus doesn’t include defense dollars
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has introduced and set up a floor vote for a leaner Republican coronavirus relief bill, but it does not contain the billions of dollars the defense industry has sought to diffuse the economic impact of the pandemic.
Trump says Pentagon leaders are under defense industry’s influence
U.S. President Donald Trump accused Pentagon leaders of wanting to “fight wars” to satisfy the defense industry, during a White House news conference.
Budget dysfunction threatens delays to US Navy’s Columbia program
Barring congressional action, a stopgap spending measure would inject delays into the Columbia-class submarine program.
