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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.

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FILE - In this photo taken June 14, 2014, President Barack Obama speaks at the University of California, Irvine, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., where he told the graduating class that denying climate change is like arguing the moon is made of cheese, and issued a call to action on global warming. Obama's new pollution limits for power plants have set off an avalanche of information about what the rules will cost, how they’ll affect your health, and how far they’ll go toward curbing climate change. There’s just one problem: almost none of the estimates are is based in reality. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Obama orders striking employees back to work

Regional rail lines in greater Philadelphia were back up and running Sunday after President Obama stepped into a dispute between labor and management and ordered more than 400 engineers and electricians back to work.

June 15, 2014
Drones are about to be used for much more than military missions, and states already are preparing. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

PRIVACY: States not waiting for feds on drone privacy

The Obama administration is far behind schedule integrating drones into the national airspace and lawmakers on Capitol Hill are struggling to move legislation governing the craft, but a dozen states already have enacted regulations and laid out in detail how drones can and can't be used by law enforcement agencies and other entities.

June 12, 2014
White House principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest speaks to the media during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Earnest answered questions including on the recent soldier deaths in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House outing of CIA officer results in no punishments

After inadvertently outing the CIA's top officer in Kabul last month, White House Counsel Neil Eggleston has recommended specific changes to administration protocol while the president is traveling abroad. However, a White House spokesman also said that nobody has been punished for naming the individual in a release that goes to hundreds of U.S. and foreign news outlets.

June 11, 2014
President Barack Obama listens to a question submitted on Tumblr, read by Tumblr Founder and CEO David Karp, left, during a Tumblr forum, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama says America ‘should be ashamed’ of its gun laws

Despite virtually no legislation on gun control and little hope for a breakthrough, President Obama made clear this week he still sees the issue as a top priority in his second term, publicly chastising lawmakers and gun-rights advocates and telling them they "should be ashamed" of U.S. firearms laws.

June 10, 2014
President Barack Obama speaks at an event honoring the NCAA Basketball Champion UConn Huskies Men's and Women's Basketball teams, and their 2014 NCAA Championships, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama uses executive authority to ease student loan burdens

President Obama on Monday used his executive authority to offer college graduates some relief from crushing student loan debt and took pointed shots at Republicans, whom he again accused of favoring oil companies and billionaires over America's struggling middle class.

June 9, 2014
President Obama has vehemently defended his decision to swap five Taliban guerrillas for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, but the president may no longer have control over the narrative and likely will face increasingly intense questioning over the deal. (Associated Press)

President Obama under bipartisan attack over Bergdahl exchange

While abroad in Europe last week, President Obama vehemently defended his decision to swap five Taliban guerrillas for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, but upon returning home to Washington over the weekend, the president may no longer have control over the narrative and likely will face increasingly intense questioning over the deal.

June 8, 2014
White House counselor John Podesta speaks during a breakfast in Washington hosted by the Christian Science Monitor on June 6. (Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor)

Top adviser to Obama says carbon rules are a political winner

A top adviser to President Obama said Friday that the administration's highly controversial restrictions on carbon emissions from power plants not only will improve public health and mitigate the effects of climate change but also carry political benefits for supporters of the proposal.

June 6, 2014