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Ben Wolfgang

bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com

Ben Wolfgang is a National Security Correspondent for The Washington Times. His reporting is regularly featured in the daily Threat Status newsletter.
Previously, he covered energy and the environment, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016, and also spent two years as a White House correspondent during the Obama administration.
Before coming to The Times in 2011, Ben worked as political reporter at The Republican-Herald in Pottsville, Pa.
He can be reached at bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

The Eiffel Tower lights up Sunday with the slogan "Action Now" for the COP 21, United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. Negotiators adopted a draft climate agreement Saturday that was cluttered with brackets and competing options, leaving ministers with the job of untangling key sticking points in what is envisioned to become a lasting, universal pact to fight global warming. (Associated Press)

COP 21 climate deal drafted; Obama goals, sticking points linger

International negotiators over the weekend reached a preliminary agreement to fight climate change, but many key questions remain unanswered and it's still unclear whether President Obama's goal of a historic deal to fight climate change can be fully realized.

December 6, 2015
An globelike tent hosting an exhibition on climate is set up in the courtyard of the French Environment Ministry. President Obama will head to a historic climate change summit in Paris next week. (Associated Press)

Obama power limited at COP 21, Paris climate change summit

President Obama will head to a historic climate change summit in Paris next week with a fragile U.S. commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and analysts say the president is limited in terms of concrete promises and instead will act as little more than a "cheerleader" in the fight against global warming.

November 25, 2015
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont independent and Democratic presidential candidate, speaks at Georgetown University in Washington on Nov. 19, 2015, about the meaning of "democratic socialism" and other topics. (Associated Press)

Bernie Sanders invokes FDR, MLK in passionate defense of socialism

Sen. Bernard Sanders on Thursday made a passionate defense of democratic socialism and forcefully denied that his political platform is a radical one, instead casting it as the logical next step in establishing the kind of America envisioned by past leaders such as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr.

November 19, 2015
People gather for a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Paris attacks in the town square of Molenbeek, Belgium on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. After a Wednesday morning raid in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis, authorities could not immediately confirm whether Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian Islamic State militant, was killed or arrested. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

France bans public marches ahead of climate conference

In response to last week's devastating terrorist attacks in Paris, the French government has banned large public marches and demonstrations during an upcoming United Nations climate-change conference.

November 19, 2015
Hillary Rodham Clinton stops by to talk to Drake University students at debate watch party after a Democratic presidential primary debate, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton captures key SEIU endorsement

Hillary Rodham Clinton captured a key endorsement Tuesday, garnering support from the 2-million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) at a crucial moment in the 2016 presidential primary.

November 17, 2015
A man holds his head in his hands as he lays flowers in front of the Carillon cafe, in Paris, Saturday, Nov.14, 2015. French President Francois Hollande vowed to attack Islamic State without mercy as the jihadist group admitted responsibility Saturday for orchestrating the deadliest attacks inflicted on France since World War II. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

For Democrats, Paris attacks put terrorism at forefront, may push climate change to backburner

Democrats increasingly have cited climate change as the top threat facing the world today -- even above the war against terrorism -- but Friday's deadly attacks in Paris surely will remind lawmakers and candidates of all stripes that the fight against radical Islamists is by no means over and represents a more immediate danger to people around the world.

November 14, 2015