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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US to fast-track Abrams tanks for Ukraine by choosing older version

The Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model.

14 months ago

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.

14 months ago

Biden’s nominee for Pentagon weapons chief withdraws

President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, Mike Brown, withdrew from consideration on July 14, Defense News has confirmed.

The dome of the U.S. Capitol building is seen behind a row of U.S. flags on April 10, 2020, in Washington.

House appropriators advance $706 billion defense spending bill

The House Appropriations Committee has approved a $706 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2022 over the objections of panel Republicans.

A dozen of Biden’s national security nominees are on hold in the Senate

At least three lawmakers are using the nominees as bargaining chips in talks on various concerns.

House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships

House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”

Can defense squeeze onto Congress’ busy agenda?

On Congress’ agenda when members return from the July 4 recess: late-arriving defense spending and policy bills as well as President Joe Biden’s pick for Navy secretary, among other Pentagon nominees.

Biden defends Afghanistan pullout as Taliban gains ground

President Joe Biden explains the decision to pull out of Afghanistan

Lawmakers say DoD undercounts civilian casualties

The Pentagon says fewer than two dozen civilians were killed in overseas anti-terrorism operations last year, but a pair of lawmakers doesn’t believe them.

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain joined the Royal Australian Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force in the South China Sea for multinational exercises, Oct. 19, 2020.

Democratic appropriators want to spend more on weapons procurement than Biden

House appropriators proposed $1.7 billion more for weapons procurement and $1.6 billion less for development and testing of cutting-edge technologies meant to deter China.

Moderate Democrats rebuke defense budget cuts

Leaders of the House’s Blue Dog Coalition say they oppose calls to fund any less than the requested $753 billion national defense budget.

Iraq AUMF repeal vote delayed until mid-July

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to take up a bipartisan measure to repeal the 2002 and 1991 war authorizations for Iraq in mid-July.

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