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Ben Wolfgang

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

Hillary Clinton's secret emails were a frequent topic for her campaign team, which took repeated stabs at trying to craft a public explanation for her behavior. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton campaign’s WikiLeaks emails expose political calculations, fears

The Clinton campaign allowed political calculations to infuse many of its biggest decisions, according to emails leaked Monday that show her planning her Wall Street reform stance to satisfy liberals, plotting to use Keystone pipeline politics to distract from her secret email server and debating how much outrage to show at congressional hearings on Benghazi.

October 10, 2016
Al Gore is campaigning for Hillary Clinton to push for action on climate change, but he also may touch on his 2000 campaign loss, analysts say. (Associated Press)

Al Gore hits trail for Hillary Clinton on climate change, but may touch on 2000 loss

Al Gore will campaign for Hillary Clinton Tuesday and call for greater action to fight climate change, but political analysts say there's a deeper motive in putting the former vice president on the stump — to tell his first-person horror story of what can happen when progressives reject the Democratic nominee and vote for a third-party candidate.

October 10, 2016
Partygoers dance and smoke pot at the annual 4/20 marijuana festival in Denver on April 19, 2014. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s marijuana legalization stance alienates millennials

Like gay marriage, climate change and a host of other issues before it, Hillary Clinton's painfully slow evolution on marijuana legalization has again left the Democratic presidential nominee behind the curve in her own party -- and her position represents a squandered opportunity to potentially win over millennials.

October 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders are among the many names which could appear on the list of White House hopefuls for 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Clinton, Sanders court millennials with free college plan

Speaking at the University of New Hampshire, Sen. Bernard Sanders and Hillary Clinton -- who waged a bitter battle for the Democratic presidential nomination -- appealed to millennials by pushing free college for most Americans and other liberal policy priorities.

September 28, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes the stage at a campaign stop at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Hillary Clinton reels in cash from international fundraisers

Since announcing her presidential bid last spring, the former first lady's campaign has held at least 34 fundraisers in foreign countries, with another four on the schedule in the coming weeks, according to a tally from the non-partisan Sunlight Foundation.

September 27, 2016