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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

Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai addresses a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. The Afghan Independent Election Commission released preliminary election results Monday showing former finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai well in the lead for the presidency but said no winner could be declared because millions of ballots were being audited for fraud.(AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Obama seeks to salvage Afghan election

Amid reports of widespread fraud and the possibility the entire Afghan presidential election will be delegitimized, President Obama on Tuesday called candidate Abdullah Abdullah and urged him to remain involved in the electoral process, rather than declare himself the winner and potentially throw the nation into chaos.

July 8, 2014
FILE - In this May 29, 2012, file photo, a train hauls coal north out of downtown Seattle from the Rockies toward British Columbia. Regulators have received an unprecedented number of public comments on the disputed proposal to export millions of tons of coal to Asia from a facility along the Columbia River in Washington. Officials are preparing to sift through more than 163,000 comments to decide which environmental effects should be reviewed. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Obama pleas to China, India to forgo use of coal falls on deaf ears

Coal may have played an integral role in turning the U.S. into the world's top economic superpower, but President Obama is actively pushing China, India and other emerging economies to ignore the fuel that powered the Industrial Revolution and instead embrace renewable sources favored by those on the political left.

July 3, 2014
President Obama sits down to have lunch with Rebekah Erler at Matt's Bar in Minneapolis, Minnesota Thursday. Mr. Obama traveled to Minnesota to begin a two-day trip, where he plans to put a human face on the policies Democrats are championing. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Obama takes Democratic wish list on road trip to Minneapolis

Seeming almost giddy to be outside Washington for a couple of days, President Obama on Thursday used a campaign-style town hall meeting in Minneapolis to double down on his push for gun control, more action against climate change, a higher minimum wage and a host of other Democratic wish list items heading onto the fall election.

June 26, 2014
White House Press secretary Josh Earnest speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, June 24, 2014 in Washington. The White House says it is "reserving judgment" on Russian President Vladimir Putin's call for extending a weeklong cease-fire in Ukraine, saying it puts more stock in Russia's actions than its words. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House blasts Boehner lawsuit against Obama

The White House fired back Wednesday at House Speaker John A. Boehner after the Ohio Republican announced he'll sue President Obama for overstepping his constitutional authority and abusing executive power.

June 25, 2014
President Obama is scheduled to address the powerful League of Conservation Voters on Wednesday night, one year to the day after laying out his ambitious climate change agenda during a speech at Georgetown University. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama will play up his climate change agenda, woo environmental voter base

With congressional elections looming, President Obama increasingly is catering to a staunch part of his political base: environmental groups, hard-core opponents of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline and others who share the administration's lofty goals surrounding climate change.

June 24, 2014
In an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday, President Obama said ISIL could directly threaten U.S. national security — a potential justification for airstrikes or other involvement. (Associated Press)

Syria precedent may complicate broad moves on Iraq

President Obama is on firm legal footing in dispatching troops to Iraq to guard the U.S. embassy and to serve as "advisers" to the Iraqi government, but some legal analysts said the administration's own past contradictions on policy could put any broader moves, such as airstrikes via traditional craft or drones, in a gray area.

June 23, 2014