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Ben Wolfgang

Ben Wolfgang

Ben Wolfgang covers the Pentagon, military and foreign affairs for The Washington Times.

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.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pentagon has ‘multiple options’ ready if Iran builds nuclear bomb, top U.S. general says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, speaks during a briefing with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

‘A dangerous situation’: Pentagon pressed on Ukraine endgame

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Staff Sgt. Travis Snyder, left, receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine given at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, Dec. 16, 2020, south of Seattle. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops, as Republican governors and lawmakers press to rescind it. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Null and void, but still causing headaches: Pentagon’s legal woes over COVID vaccine mandate persist

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
This photo taken from video released on Thursday, March 16, 2023, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, over the Black Sea, the Pentagon said. The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea. (US Department of Defense via AP)

Russia races to recover U.S. drone wreckage as questions swirl over sensitive data

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
This photo taken from video released on Thursday, March 16, 2023, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, over the Black Sea, the Pentagon said. The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea. (US Department of Defense via AP)

Declassified video shows Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on, colliding with U.S. drone

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
A U.S. MQ-9 drone is on display during an air show at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A Russian fighter jet Tuesday, Marc 14, 2023, struck the propeller of a U.S. MQ-9 drone surveillance drone over the Black Sea, causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aerial vehicle in international waters, the U.S. military said, an incident that highlighted soaring U.S.-Russian tensions over Moscow's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)

‘That’s U.S. property’: Pentagon races to find drone wreckage as Russia launches recovery mission

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
A U.S. MQ-9 drone is on display during an air show at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A Russian fighter jet Tuesday, Marc 14, 2023, struck the propeller of a U.S. MQ-9 drone surveillance drone over the Black Sea, causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aerial vehicle in international waters, the U.S. military said, an incident that highlighted soaring U.S.-Russian tensions over Moscow's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)

Escalation? Dramatic collision of Russian jet, U.S. drone fuels fear of direct conflict

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
A law enforcement official, behind, stands in an entryway to a branch of Silicon Valley Bank, Monday, March 13, 2023, as customers and bystanders line up outside the branch, in Wellesley, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Biden admin guarantees Silicon Valley Bank deposits, shutters N.Y. bank in bid to head off crisis

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
In this handout photo provided by the Turkish Defense Ministry, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, right, and Finnish Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen speak to the media after their talks in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Kaikkonen visits Ankara, meets with his counterpart Akar as Ankara continues to hold up Helsinki's bid to join NATO. (Turkish Defense Ministry via AP)

Finnish president says disputes with Turkey still holding up NATO membership

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Russian Army recruits hold their weapons during a military training at a firing range in Donetsk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, on Oct. 4, 2022. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the military has recruited over 200,000 reservists as part of a partial mobilization launched two weeks ago. (AP Photo, File)

Rich Russians spared as Putin sends poor, ethnic minorities to front lines in Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Tarek El-Molla, center, and and Israeli Minister of Energy Israel's Energy Minister Karine Elharrar, celebrate after signing a deal to boost East Mediterranean gas exports to Europe, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Not dead yet: World still needs fossil fuels, Egyptian minister says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
In this Aug. 16, 2021, photo, hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway of the international airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Verified UGC via AP) **FILE**

Airport chaos during Afghan pullout created escape route for suicide bomber

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, arrives for a meeting with head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami as he is welcomed by the spokesman for Iran's atomic agency Behrouz Kamalvandi in Tehran, Saturday, March 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

As Iran’s nuclear program accelerates, U.N. tries to ease fears, but U.S. and Israel remain wary

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, on March 3, 2023. Putin said in opening remarks in Friday's video call with members of Russia's Security Council that he will discuss measures to strengthen protection against terrorist attacks. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Putin weakens positions of rivals to secure his own power

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Syrian citizen search through the wreckage of a collapsed building, in Azmarin town, in Idlib province north Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake hit southeast Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling buildings and sending panicked residents pouring outside in a cold winter night. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed) **FILE**

Islamic terrorism creates a toxic powder keg in Syria, poses quandary for U.S. in wake of earthquake

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Spc. Brady McNeil, a radiologist with the Vermont Army National Guard, draws up a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 during a vaccination clinic at the Brattleboro Area Middle School, April 14, 2021, in Brattleboro, Vt. The Army says it will start booting out soldiers who refuse to take the COVID-19 shot only days after yet another fully-vaccinated and boosted senior Pentagon official tested positive for the coronavirus. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP, File)

Lawmakers question Pentagon brass on why troops who refused COVID vaccine still face penalties

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during the Victory Day military parade marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 9, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Threat Status: Inside the cut-throat internal political dynamics that may be Putin’s undoing

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets take part in a joint aerial drills called Vigilant Ace between U.S and South Korea, at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

F-16 is latest red line for Biden to cross in pressure campaign to help Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
A Ukrainian serviceman stands amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) **FILE**

Part Three: Russia-Ukraine war resets world order

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
Soldiers walk amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 3, 2022. Eight months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion against Ukraine expecting a lightning victory, the war continues, affecting not just Ukraine but also exacerbating death and tension in Russia among its own citizens. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) **FILE**

Part Two: Russian right-wing nationalists, bloggers emerge as critics of Putin’s war leadership

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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