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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

Speculation is swirling that Hillary Clinton receiving over $1 million in donations from the oil-and-gas sector may be a ploy by the energy industry to get in good standing with her if she wins the presidential election. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s donations from fossil fuels sector irks environmentalists

Hillary Clinton may have transformed into a climate change warrior, but her campaign war chest is polluted by donations from the fossil fuels sector -- and some green activists say the influx of cash already is casting a dark cloud over her would-be administration and raises doubts about the sincerity of her environmental agenda.

September 20, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses while she gives remarks on the explosion in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood onboard her campaign plane at Westchester County Airport, in White Plains, N.Y., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Hillary Clinton’s Wal-Mart ties raising liberals’ ire

Hillary Clinton's close ties to Wal-Mart have infuriated progressives who see the big-box store as the embodiment of capitalistic evil, but there's evidence the former first lady has changed since her time on the Wal-Mart board three decades ago, and will push for stronger labor unions, a higher minimum wage and other goals that may sever her cozy relationship with the ubiquitous company.

September 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally Thursday at University of North Carolina in Greensboro, N.C. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton returns to trail, says time off ‘was actually a gift’

Amid sagging poll numbers and criticism that she may not be physically up to the job of being president, Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign trail Thursday and declared that she is ready for battle against Republican Donald Trump, hoping to regain lost momentum as the White House race enters its home stretch.

September 15, 2016
The latest conspiracies center on Hillary Clinton's health, including rumblings that the former secretary of state is terminally ill or that she has resorted to using a body double on the campaign trail as a cover. But the trove runs much deeper. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton secrecy fuels conspiracy theories

Depending whom you ask, Hillary Clinton is deathly sick, responsible for countless murders dating back decades, or poised to become the next reptilian to occupy the Oval Office.

September 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton stops her speech to cough at Luke Easter Park in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 5. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton ‘healthy and fit to serve as president,’ doctor says

While she rejected orders to rest after coming down with a fever earlier this month, Hillary Clinton is "healthy and fit" to serve as president, her doctor said Wednesday as the former first lady's presidential campaign tries to put to bed nagging concerns about her health.

September 14, 2016
Chelsea Clinton answers questions at a Women in Leadership roundtable in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bill, Chelsea Clinton campaign as pneumonia sidelines Hillary

With Hillary Clinton sidelined by pneumonia, her presidential campaign over the past 72 hours has dispatched its highest-profile surrogates to the stump, with President Obama joining former President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton.

September 13, 2016
Donald Trump reiterated that he has his own plan to defeat the Islamic State, but will listen to the advice of generals once elected. Those generals, he added, have been marginalized by the Obama administration. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton declare each other unfit to serve as commander in chief

Seeking to paint themselves as eminently qualified and the other's judgment as lacking, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton traded barbs Wednesday night over the Iraq War, the Islamic State, U.S. intervention in Libya and other key foreign policy challenges, each telling a hall full of veterans and servicemen and -women that the other isn't fit to serve as commander in chief.

September 7, 2016
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton campaigns for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, at Dr. James R. Smith Neighborhood Center in Orlando, Fla. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Bill Clinton defends ‘open and transparent’ Clinton Foundation

Appearing on the campaign trail in Florida on Wednesday morning, former President Bill Clinton fired back against attacks on the Clinton Foundation, saying the organization is being unfairly maligned and operates in a fully "open and transparent" manner.

September 7, 2016