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Ben Wolfgang

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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 welcomes French President François Hollande during a joint news conference, as part of an official state visit, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Lauding the "enduring alliance" between the United States and France, President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed President Francois Hollande to the White House for a lavish state visit. The highly anticipated trip is taking place amid swirling speculation on both sides of the Atlantic about problems in Hollande's personal life. (AP Photo/ J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama praises French aid in hot spots

President Obama on Tuesday lauded French President Francois Hollande for taking a more active role on the world stage, helping facilitate agreements with Iran and Syria and confronting extremists in other spots around the globe.

February 11, 2014
President Barack Obama, right, and French President Francois Hollande, left, view Thomas Jefferson's office at during a tour of Monticello, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, in Charlottesville, Va. Leading the tour is Leslie Bowman, center, president of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Hollande, Obama renew nations’ historical bond at Jefferson’s Monticello

More than a decade after Congress served up "freedom fries" as a not-so-subtle dig at French unwillingness to fight in Iraq, analysts say there has been a "role reversal" on the global stage as France leads the way in international hot spots while the U.S. sometimes assumes the unusual role of reluctant superpower.

February 10, 2014
President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office with Speaker of the House Boehner, Saturday, August 31, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden listens at right. (credit: White House photo/Pete Souza)

Obama: ‘I can do whatever I want’

President Obama has taken heat recently for working around Congress whenever he thinks it necessary to, among other things, delay Obamacare mandates and trim immigration enforcement. But the commander-in-chief on Monday boasted of how, as president, "I can do whatever I want."

February 10, 2014
FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2012 file photo, Missouri's Michael Sam (52) runs onto the field along with their teammates before the start of an NCAA college football game against Georgia in Columbia, Mo. Michael Sam hopes his ability is all that matters, not his sexual orientation. Missouri's All-America defensive end came out to the entire country Sunday night, Feb. 9, 2014, and could become the first openly gay player in America's most popular sport. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Obamas, Biden all praise gay Missouri lineman

The White House on Monday praised Michael Sam, the NFL prospect and All-American defensive lineman at the University of Missouri who announced Sunday evening that he's gay.

February 10, 2014
President Barack Obama, surrounded by members of Congress, looks up while signing the farm bill, Feb. 7, 2014, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. From left are, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., Senate Agriculture Committee member Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Senate Agriculture Committee member Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio and Rep. Gary Peters, D-Mich. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama signs farm bill, hailing bipartisanship

President Obama on Friday used his pen for something other than executive orders, signing into law a $100 billion-a-year farm bill that he said represents a bipartisan breakthrough and is evidence Republicans and Democrats still can work together on meaningful legislation.

February 7, 2014
** FILE ** In this Sept 12, 2013, file photo, Vice President gestures while speaking in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Biden praises unions, dreams of drag racing

Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday delivered an impassioned speech to an organized labor convention in Washington but also yearned for the day he can ditch the Secret Service and drag race his friends.

February 5, 2014
**FILE** Protesters opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline hold signs outside the office of Rep. Lee Terry, Nebraska Republican, in Omaha, Neb., on July 26, 2011. (Associated Press)

Keystone XL oil pipeline clears big hurdle

A long-awaited State Department review has raised no serious environmental objections to the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, potentially setting the stage for President Obama to approve the massive, politically charged project and dealing a blow to environmentalists who vehemently oppose it.

January 31, 2014
White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington. Carney discussed immigration reform, Syria, and other topics. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

With Keystone report looming, White House mum

With the State Department preparing to release its final environmental assessment of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline — a move that could come as early as Friday afternoon — the White House remains determined to stay out the fight between proponents of the $7 billion project and environmental activists who vehemently oppose it.

January 31, 2014
President Barack Obama speaks at McGavock High School on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Obama ends post-SOTU trip with education speech

President Obama wrapped up a two-day, four-state tour Thursday by turning his attention to education, another portion of the revamped “opportunity agenda” he's pledged to undertake without Congress this year.

January 30, 2014

Obama, Republicans share goals, but not solutions

President Obama and congressional Republicans both said this week they want to find common ground, but even though they share many of the same broad goals — putting Americans back to work, aiding a struggling middle class and promoting opportunity for all — there is little agreement on how to get there.

January 30, 2014