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.
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.
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.
North Korea waiting for US elections to resume talks, South Korean ambassador says
North Korea is likely waiting until after the U.S. elections to resume negotiations with Washington over its nuclear arsenal, says the South Korean ambassador to the U.S.
Ball’s in Russia’s court on New START extension, says DoD official
New START, which limits each country to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers, expires Feb. 5 unless the U.S. and Russia agree to extend it.
China plans to double nuclear arsenal, Pentagon says
China plans to double its stockpile of nuclear warheads in the next decade, including those designed to be carried atop ballistic missiles that can reach the United States, the Pentagon said in a new report.
Trump repeats questionable NATO funding claims in GOP convention speech
President Donald Trump again claimed credit for an agreement by NATO members to increase spending on their own defense during his Republican convention speech.
