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Ben Wolfgang

bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com

Ben Wolfgang is a National Security Correspondent for The Washington Times. His reporting is regularly featured in the daily Threat Status newsletter.
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

Vice President Joe Biden salutes after arriving to speak before the 2012 National Educational Association annual meeting, Tuesday, July 3, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden warns teachers of Romney hit

In a foretaste of the political battles to come this fall over education, Vice President Joseph R. Biden told the nation's largest teachers union that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his party do not respect the work they do.

July 3, 2012
**FILE** A ShadowHawk drone is seen in September 2011 with Montgomery County, Texas, SWAT team members. (Associated Press/Vanguard Defense Industries)

Drone industry releases ethics code

The drone industry on Monday unveiled its first-ever "code of conduct" policy, designed to protect the privacy of those on the ground and ensure the sector adheres to safety standards as the popularity and usage of unmanned aerial vehicles continue to grow.

July 2, 2012
**FILE** Protesters rally June 20, 2012, against hydrofracking as the legislative session winds down at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. A coalition of 100 environmental, health and community groups called for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reject any demonstration project for shale gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." (Associated Press)

Researchers point to risks if New York OKs fracking

With New York reportedly set to allow fracking in portions of the state near the Pennsylvania border, researchers at one of the Empire State's top universities are warning of catastrophic consequences associated with increased gas drilling.

June 25, 2012
** FILE ** Gov. Mitch Daniels, Indiana Republican

In academia today, financial savvy trumps curriculum vitae

The job description of today's university president increasingly resembles that of a CEO, with the molding of young minds and overseeing a community of scholars taking a distinct backseat to balancing the books and raising cash, academic analysts say.

June 21, 2012

Unemployed lawyers sue schools over promises of jobs

Once the surest path to a six-figure salary and a life of luxury, a law degree in the aftermath of the Great Recession comes with far fewer guarantees, leaving many graduates with mountains of debt while confronted by a rapidly changing legal landscape.

June 17, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney waves to the crowd during a campaign stop in Cornwall, Pa., on Saturday, June 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Lebanon Daily News, Earl Brightbill)

Romney: The campaign is about the country, not me

The Republican Party's candidate for president said Sunday he isn't interested in politics. Instead, Mitt Romney said he's running to bring the nation back from the edge of a fiscal cliff, not to achieve the personal goal of occupying the Oval Office.

June 17, 2012
** FILE ** President Obama is introduced by White House Senior Adviser David Plouffe before the president speaks at a Democratic National Committee event in Washington on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. (AP Photo)

Plouffe won’t say if Obama will take part in leaks probe

As U.S. Justice Department attorneys probe recent high-level national security leaks from the White House, a top adviser to President Obama on Sunday refused to say whether the commander in chief will answer investigators' questions.

June 17, 2012
**FILE** Mary Kay Letourneau listens to testimony during a court hearing on Feb. 6, 1998. Letourneau, 42, a former sixth-grade teacher, was freed from prison in 2004 after serving a seven-year term for child rape stemming from her relationship with Vili Fualaau, who was one of her students at the time and who fathered two children with Letourneau. (Associated Press)

Student-teacher sex: Where does it end?

The cases seem to be popping up everywhere — and with alarming frequency. Dozens of relationships between teachers and students have been reported just this year, but analysts say it's difficult, if not impossible, to know what is media hype and what is a genuine national problem.

June 11, 2012
Sen. Jack Reed (left), Rhode Island Democrat, and Sen. Tom Harkin (center), Iowa Democrat, meet on Capitol Hill on Wednesday with college interns as they call for action on averting a July 1 doubling of interest rates on federal college loans for students. More than 30 million Americans are repaying student loans. (Associated Press)

Obama to outline options for student loans

With Congress still deadlocked on how to keep student-loan interest rates from doubling next month, President Obama is set to unveil a series of small-bore measures designed to grant some relief to the millions of Americans shackled by college debt.

June 6, 2012
**FILE** Al Armendariz, Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 administrator, speaks at a town-hall meeting in 2010. (Courtesy of YouTube)

EPA’s Armendariz of ‘crucify’ pledge a hearing no-show

House Republicans will have to wait for their chance to question former top Environmental Protection Agency official Al Armendariz, who became notorious for his pledge to "crucify" oil and gas companies in order to set a regulatory example.

June 6, 2012
Jay Iselin holds a sign as he and other protesters gather at the entrance to the Marriott Westfields where the annual Bilderberg Conference is being held, Chantilly, Va., Thursday, May 31, 2012. The Bilderberg Conference is an annual meeting of highly influential people in private industry and public office from North America and Western Europe. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Demonstrators heckle Bilderberg attendees

International power brokers arriving in Chantilly for the 2012 Bilderberg conference were treated to a rude welcome by a raucous crowd of about 200 demonstrators Thursday afternoon.

May 31, 2012