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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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Netanyahu: Iran nuclear pact a ‘bad deal’

With the international community inching toward an agreement with Iran that would slow parts of that nation's nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday cautioned against accepting "an exceedingly bad deal" that he says would threaten the very existence of his country.

November 17, 2013
** FILE ** Ben Nelson (Associated Press)

States, not feds, are now key to making Obamacare work, insurers say

President Obama's about-face last week may have blunted the immediate political blowback from his broken promise that Americans who like their insurance plans can keep them — a vow that turned out not to be true for millions across the country.

November 17, 2013
President Barack Obama speaks about his signature health care law, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Bowing to pressure, the president intends to permit continued sale of individual insurance plans that have been canceled because they failed to meet coverage standards under the health care law, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama concedes, announces changes to health care law

President Obama said Thursday he will let Americans renew for one year any health plans that do not meet Obamacare's coverage standards — a stark attempt to quell the political firestorm around his broken promise that those who like their insurance coverage can keep it under his signature law.

November 14, 2013
President Barack Obama, flanked by outgoing Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler, left, and his nominee to become CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad, makes the announcement, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama chooses new CFTC chair, takes shots at Republicans

President Obama on Tuesday not only put forward his pick to head a powerful financial regulatory panel, he also declared in no uncertain terms that the "army of lobbyists" who he says have teamed with Republicans to undermine Wall Street reform must not succeed.

November 12, 2013
President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, at the Port of New Orleans. Obama traveled to the Gulf Coast region to make a case that more exports equal more jobs. After New Orleans he will go to Miami area for three Democratic fundraisers.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Obama in New Orleans: Short speech, large agenda

Several times during his presidency, President Obama has tried to "pivot" back to the economy and away from the topical stories-of-the-day — from the IRS to Benghazi to spying — that often have sidetracked this White House in his second term.

November 8, 2013
"EPA seems to be going out of its way during its listening tour to avoid those states that rely on coal the most for electricity," said Rep. Ed Whitfield, of Kentucky. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

EPA’s ‘listening sessions’ on new rules held in cities, skirt coal towns

San Francisco and Seattle are synonymous with the environmental movement, not coal mining — but that hasn't stopped the Obama administration from holding "listening sessions" in those and other major metropolitan areas to hear questions, concerns and complaints about its new global-warming regulations.

November 7, 2013
President Barack Obama meets with business leaders to discuss immigration reform, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President touts Obamacare as ‘universal health care’

For decades, liberals have dreamed of a "universal health care" system in America. On Wednesday night in Dallas, President Obama used that rare phrase and told a group volunteers that, under his leadership, it has become a reality.

November 6, 2013
White House press secretary Jay Carney answers question about the implementation of the new health care law during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

White House: Shutdown a bigger deal than Obamacare

Some Republicans have sought to cast Tuesday's elections as a referendum on the disastrous rollout of Obamacare, but the White House argues that voters actually care much more about the recent government shutdown.

November 5, 2013
President Barack Obama speaks at an Organizing for Action event in Washington, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama adds an ‘if’ to his ‘you can keep your plan’ promise

In his latest defense of his troubled health care reform law, President Obama on Monday night massaged past statements and told supporters that the administration had indeed promised Americans they could keep their insurance plans — as long as they hadn't been changed.

November 4, 2013