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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

Republicans say the Environmental Protection Agency erred by not consulting with the Fish and Wildlife Service in designing its so-called Clean Power Plan because the proposal almost surely will force the closure of coal-fired power plants and subsequently reduce the warm water Florida's manatees need to survive during cold winter months. (Associated Press)

Republicans enlist manatee in bid to slow Obama carbon emissions regulations

Congressional Republicans have rushed to the manatee's defense in an effort to slow new carbon emissions regulations, while the Obama administration is rejecting claims its forthcoming rules on coal-fired power plants will pose a direct threat to the Florida habitat of the endangered bulbous marine mammals.

March 22, 2015
President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left) and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, delivers a statement on Dec. 16, 2010, at the White House. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama might endorse candidate in Democratic primary: White House

As another high-level staffer leaves the Obama administration to work on Hillary Rodham Clinton's likely presidential campaign, the White House on Friday did not rule out the possibility the president could endorse Mrs. Clinton or another candidate at some point in the primary process.

March 20, 2015
In this March 3, 2015, photo, President Barack Obama speaks about Iran and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress during a meeting with Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama calls on Iran to release Americans

Even as he pursues a landmark nuclear deal with Iran, President Obama on Friday called on Iranian leaders to release four Americans being held in the Middle Eastern country.

March 20, 2015
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Elizabeth Warren 2016 bid sought as Hillary Clinton email scandal breeds skeptics

With Hillary Rodham Clinton's poll numbers sagging and questions about her honesty and integrity creeping into the presidential race, analysts say it's an ideal time for a Democratic challenger to make a move — and a growing number of influential liberals want that challenger to be Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

March 18, 2015
A silhouetted President Barack Obama waves after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. Obama is in New York for three days of talks with foreign leaders at the annual United Nations General Assembly. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Clinton email scandal shows Obama out of touch with government problems, analysts say

President Obama has dealt another blow to his credibility and deepened Americans' lack of trust in government with his handling of the Hillary Rodham Clinton email scandal, analysts say, with the White House simultaneously ducking tough questions about the former secretary of state while passing the buck to the State Department and other agencies.

March 12, 2015