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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.

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President Barack Obama speaks about health care, Thursday, April 17, 2014, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. The president said eight million have signed up for health insurance under Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: Conversation with Cantor was ‘friendly’

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor released a scathing statement following Wednesday's phone conversation with President Obama, but the commander in chief said Thursday the two men actually "had a very pleasant conversation."

April 17, 2014
A woman offers prayers during a candlelight vigil for the missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Danwon High School in Ansan, South Korea, Thursday, April 17, 2014. An immediate evacuation order was not issued for the ferry that sank off South Korea's southern coast, likely with scores of people trapped inside, because officers on the bridge were trying to stabilize the vessel after it started to list amid confusion and chaos, a crew member said Thursday. (AP Photo/Wonghae Cho)

Obama: ‘Our hearts ache’ over South Korean ferry tragedy

President Obama on Thursday pledged that the U.S. will "provide any and all assistance" possible to help with search-and-rescue efforts in the waters off the South Korean coast, where a five-story ship capsized Wednesday and trapped nearly 300 people inside, many of whom were students.

April 17, 2014
This Aug. 11, 2010 file photo, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden responds to a question during an interview with the Associated Press in Dover, Del. Biden says he won't seek re-election as Delaware attorney general this year but plans to run for governor in 2016. Biden, who underwent surgery at a Texas cancer center last year, announced his intentions in a statement issued Thursday, April 17, 2014. The 45-year-old Biden had said previously that he would seek a third term as attorney general. He is the oldest son of Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

Beau Biden announces Delaware gubernatorial bid

Vice President Joe Biden's eldest son, Beau Biden, said Thursday that he has decided not to seek re-election as Delaware attorney general this year and instead plans to run for governor in 2016.

April 17, 2014
President Obama unveiled a new $600 million job-training initiative while speaking at the Community College of Allegheny County West Hills Center on Wednesday in Oakdale, Pa.. Vice President Joseph R. Biden will oversee the new program. (Associated Press)

Obama unveils new $600 billion jobs initiative

President Obama on Wednesday launched a new $600 million job-training initiative, but Republicans wasted little time in arguing they have a better approach to preparing American's future workers.

April 16, 2014
FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama, right, is greeted by Vice President Joe Biden during a visit to Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pa. Western Pennsylvania is getting a "two-fer" when President Barack Obama visits and brings his vice president, Scranton-born Joe Biden. Obama and Biden are heading to a community college in Oakdale on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, to talk about matching skills-training to jobs that are in demand. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Biden to lead $600 million work force training effort

President Obama on Wednesday tasked Vice President Joseph R. Biden with leading a new $600 million White House job training program. The duo will officially announce the initiative during a speech in Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon.

April 16, 2014
A bouquet of flowers is taped to a stairway rail near the closed entrance to Franklin Regional High School near Pittsburgh, on Thursday, April 10, 2014 in Murrysville, Pa. A knife wielding student injured over 20 people in a stabbing attack there on April 9. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Obama calls principal of Pa. high school devastated by stabbings

The White House said Mr. Obama phoned principal Ron Suvak "to express his deepest sympathies for the senseless act that took place on campus yesterday," and also expressed gratitude for the "heroic actions by students, faculty and staff."

April 10, 2014
**FILE** Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., laughs with Rev. Al Sharpton during a speech to an audience at the 9th annual National Action Network convention Saturday, April 21, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Obama to headline Rev. Al Sharpton’s conference

The president will address the National Action Network convention in New York City, and the White House said Wednesday that recent news about Mr. Sharpton's role in providing the federal government with key information about top organized crime families hasn't caused them to rethink Mr. Obama's involvement.

April 9, 2014
President Obama looks over students' work as he visits a classroom at Bladensburg High School on Monday. At Bladensburg, the Obama administration unveiled the $107 million Youth CareerConnect program designed to "deliver real-world learning opportunities for students" and offer specific training in a given field before a student graduates high school. (Associated Press)

Obama touts $107M high school career connection program

President Obama on Monday opened up taxpayers' checkbook for education and continued a hallmark of his presidency — working around Congress to dole out billions of dollars in grants to individual states and districts, as long as they enact the kinds of changes the administration wants to see.

April 7, 2014
President Barack Obama waves as he is introduced before speaking at Bladensburg High School in Bladensburg, Md., Monday, April 7, 2014, about the economy and to announce the winners of a competition he launched last fall to bring together educators and employers to redesign the high school experience to give students access to real-world career skills and college-level courses. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama to give $7 million grant to Bladensburg High School

President Obama announced Monday a $7 million grant to Bladensburg High School, part of a larger effort by the administration to help U.S. students catch up with the rest of the world in college and career training.

April 7, 2014
FILE - In this March 1, 2014, file photo, Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., officially announces his candidacy for the U.S. Senate at Denver Lumber Company in Denver. Gardner will run against Democratic Sen. Mark Udall. The Senate race in Colorado has shot toward the top of the nation’s most competitive contests this midterm election year, giving the Democratic incumbent a tougher battle than he expected and Republicans a new pickup opportunity in their drive to win the chamber’s majority. Udall responded to Gardner’s surprise challenge by quickly trying to define his opponent as an extremist. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider, File)

House Republicans to push gas exports

House Republicans will move forward this week with legislation to expedite exports of American natural gas, which supporters argue will help Europe and Ukraine break their dependence on Russian fuel and cut Moscow's influence in the region.

April 6, 2014