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Ben Wolfgang

bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com

Ben Wolfgang is a national security correspondent at The Washington Times, a senior member of its Threat Status team, and the host and producer of the award-winning Threat Status Podcast. Ben covers national security, foreign policy, military affairs, the defense industry and the rapidly evolving landscape of military technology.
A Pennsylvania native, he joined The Washington Times in 2011 after serving as a political reporter at The Republican-Herald in Pottsville, Pa. Over the course of his career, Ben has covered the White House, Congress, and four presidential campaigns.
His reporting has earned recognition from some of journalism's most respected organizations, including the Virginia Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C. Chapter, among other honors.
Ben has interviewed heads of state, chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, senior military commanders, cabinet secretaries, senior government officials, and the CEOs of many of the nation's largest and most influential defense companies.
Ben is a frequent guest on broadcast media, with appearances on C-SPAN, the Sirius XM POTUS channel, and other outlets.
He can be reached at bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

At a year-end press conference on Friday — the same day President Obama signed a massive spending bill that seems to prohibit him from closing Guantanamo on his own — Mr. Obama said he will explore the limits of his executive power if the House and Senate don't pass legislation to shutter the prison. (Associated Press)

Obama can’t close Guantanamo through executive action, despite threats

Leaders in Congress and the U.S. attorney general say President Obama simply doesn't have legal authority to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility through executive action, but that fact didn't stop a supremely confident president last week from threatening to act on his own if lawmakers won't cooperate.

December 20, 2015
President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP will come around on climate change, Obama predicts

President Obama predicted Friday that Republicans eventually will come around and embrace his climate-change agenda, despite GOP opposition to global-warming action being as strong as it has ever been.

December 18, 2015
Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, left, and Hillary Rodham Clinton laugh during the CNN Democratic presidential debate, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton to propose new taxes on wealthy

Flanked by ardent supporter and multi-billionaire Warren Buffett, presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she wants to go "even further" and tax the wealthy at even higher rates than those proposed by the Obama administration.

December 16, 2015
Hillary Clinton's campaign didn't respond to requests for comment about George Kaiser and the fundraiser, but her website lists it as a two-hour affair. Guests are requested to give the $2,700 maximum donation in exchange for a "photo with Hillary." (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton fundraiser host George Kaiser got sweet deal in Solyndra collapse

Hillary Clinton's claim that she is not beholden to her wealthy donors will come under renewed scrutiny Friday when the Democratic front-runner raises fresh cash for her presidential bid at the home of George Kaiser, a billionaire whose firm was the biggest investor in the troubled Solyndra stimulus project -- and who managed to walk away with a lucrative profit at the expense of taxpayers.

December 10, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont has made climate change one of the top issues of his campaign, as have the other Democratic candidates. (Associated Press)

Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton fixate on climate as terror dominates

The 2016 Democratic presidential candidates have proclaimed climate change to be one of, if not the, greatest threat facing the U.S. today, and the White House hopefuls reasserted that belief this week even as much of the nation focused exclusively on radical Islamic terrorism.

December 9, 2015
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