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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

President Barack Obama speaks on the importance of raising the minimum wage during an event at at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn., Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Obama traveled to Hartford, Conn., area to highlight the importance of raising the minimum wage and then will travel to Boston for a pair of Democratic fundraising. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Undaunted, Obama continues minimum-wage push

Even with dissension in his own ranks and in the face of a damning report showing the economic damage of a higher minimum wage, President Obama on Wednesday continued to push the issue and made clear it’ll be a political weapon for Democrats heading into the fall midterm elections.

March 5, 2014

Obama budget likely to be political document

The budget President Obama will release Tuesday bows more to political realities than it does to the government's fiscal picture, as the White House looks to do no harm to fellow Democrats in the run-up to November's elections.

March 3, 2014
Ukraine's fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych speaks at a news conference in Rostov-on-Don, a city in southern Russia about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) from Moscow, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Yanukovych, making his first public appearance since fleeing Ukraine, said he was forced to leave the country after his family received threats. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

White House warns Russia again on Ukraine

The Obama administration on Friday told Russia not to cross a “line” in Ukraine, though officials wouldn't speculate about what the U.S. will do if Moscow disregards the warning.

February 28, 2014
President Barack Obama, next to White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, left, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, meets with foundation and business leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, where he discussed his “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative to expand opportunity for minority boys and young men. Former Lakers basketball star Magic Johnson, far left partially obscured, also attended. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama launches ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ initiative to help minority boys

In the type of address many in the black community have been waiting for, President Obama on Thursday said the nation cannot and should not accept poorer schools, unsafe communities and a lack of role models for young men of color and established a new initiative to confront those problems.

February 27, 2014
First lady Michelle Obama, flanked by enlargements of a proposed nutrition label, left, and a proposed alternate label, claps as she speaks during in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, about helping parents and other consumers make healthier choices as part of her Let's Move program. The Obama administration is proposing new food labels that would make it easier to know about calories and added sugars, a reflection of the shifting science behind nutrition. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Michelle Obama touts ‘label of the future’ for foods

Having already revamped school lunch menus, first lady Michelle Obama on Thursday again embraced her role as the nation's top healthy eating advocate and boldly proclaimed that "the label of future" will help consumers pick the right foods.

February 27, 2014
**FILE** President Obama meets with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on June 9, 2010, in the Oval Office at the White House. (Associated Press)

Mahmoud Abbas to meet with Obama next month

Two weeks after he welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, President Obama will meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, the administration announced Thursday.

February 27, 2014
Rep. Fred Upton, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

No conflict of interest in positive Keystone review: IG

The company hired by the State Department that conducted a favorable review of the Keystone XL oil pipeline did not have a conflict of interest, according to a review by the State Department inspector general, countering charges from environmental groups that are trying to kill the project.

February 26, 2014