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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

President Barack Obama, left, and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid wave onstage at the National Clean Energy Summit, Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Obama blasts ‘crazies’ in Republican party

President Obama on Monday night said he and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid must "deal with the crazies" on a host of issues over the next 16 months, before both men leave their respective offices and "ride into the sunset."

August 25, 2015
President Obama speaks Aug. 5, 2015, at American University in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

EPA to limit emissions from oil, gas drilling sites

President Obama on Tuesday took yet another step in his ambitious climate-change agenda, hitting the oil and gas industry with a set of unprecedented regulations aimed at limiting methane emissions.

August 18, 2015
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said Tuesday she was "deeply sorry" for her agency's wastewater spill from Colorado's Gold King Mine. (Associated Press)

Gina McCarthy, EPA administrator, ‘deeply sorry’ for wastewater spill

EPA administrator Gina McCarthy broke her silence Tuesday on the agency's wastewater spill from Colorado's Gold King Mine by saying she was "deeply sorry," but that wasn't enough to stave off a demand for congressional oversight into the accident and the agency's fumbled reaction.

August 11, 2015
FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Delta Air Lines 747-400 airplane sits parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. Delta Airlines on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015 said that it would no longer accept lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo hunting trophies. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Airline carbon emissions limit urged by environmentalists

As the Obama administration moves ahead with regulations limiting emissions from aircraft, environmentalists are urging the federal government to take a hard line on the airline industry as part of the broader effort to combat climate change.

August 11, 2015

Gina McCarthy, EPA administrator: Gold King Mine spill ‘pains me to no end’

In her first public comments since Environmental Protection Agency crews unleashed toxic mine sludge into the Animas River, agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said Tuesday the incident "pains me to no end" and she pledged that the federal government will do whatever it takes to restore water quality in the region.

August 11, 2015