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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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This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon said Tuesday, July 6, 2021, that it is canceling a cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion and will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Pentagon scraps troubled JEDI cloud contract amid battle with Amazon

The Pentagon on Tuesday formally canceled its $10 billion "war cloud" project and moved to terminate its contract with Microsoft as the U.S. military says it will now look to multiple companies to carry out a contract that has become a political and legal hot potato.

July 6, 2021
Photo credit: Ben Wolfgang / The Washington Times

The alien economy: Roswell powered by passion for UFOs

An estimated 15,000 tourists flocked to the city this week for its annual UFO Festival, which combines serious lectures on a host of paranormal subjects with Americana offerings, such as an alien-themed scavenger hunt and a pet costume contest.

July 4, 2021
The image from video provided by the Department of Defense labelled Gimbal, from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it is tracked as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. “There's a whole fleet of them,” one naval aviator tells another, though only one indistinct object is shown. “It's rotating." The U.S. government has been taking a hard look at unidentified flying objects, under orders from Congress, and a report summarizing what officials know is expected to come out in June 2021. (Department of Defense via AP)

Feds get serious about tracking UFO data, to enthusiasts’ delight

A public report acknowledging UFOs was the easy part, researchers and analysts say. Now comes a much more daunting task for the federal government as the Pentagon, intelligence agencies and other key players across Washington embark on a major overhaul of how documented encounters with unidentified craft are tracked, organized and analyzed.

July 1, 2021
President Joe Biden, right, meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden vows to back Afghan leaders as U.S. pullout accelerates

President Biden hosted Afghanistan's president and top peace negotiator at the White House Friday, vowing to maintain U.S. support for the embattled Kabul government even as the last American and NATO troops leave and fears mount of a major Taliban offensive.

June 25, 2021
In this June 13, 2021, file photo Israel's new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, holds a first Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. How President Joe Biden and Bennett manage that relationship will shape the prospects for peace and stability in the Middle East. They are ushering in an era no longer shaped by the powerful personality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who repeatedly defied the Obama administration, and then reaped the rewards of a warm relationship with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

‘Wake up’: New Israeli leader blasts Biden’s nuclear talks with Iran

The Biden administration and its international partners must "wake up" and rethink negotiations with a dangerous regime in Iran, new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday as he opened his first Cabinet meeting with a harsh rebuke of the U.S.-led push to strike a new nuclear deal with the Islamic republic.

June 20, 2021