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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

This May 2018 image made available by Marine Traffic shows the MT Front Altair in Antwerp, Belgium. Two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were reportedly attacked on Thursday June 13, 2019. International Tanker Management, which operates the MT Front Altair, said an explosion caused fire aboard but that the incident is still being investigated. (Patrick Vereecke/Marine Traffic via AP)

Tankers targeted near Strait of Hormuz amid Iran-U.S. tensions

Two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were reportedly attacked on Thursday, an assault that left one ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated from both vessels and the U.S. Navy rushed to assist amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran.

June 13, 2019
In this May 20, 2014, file photo, James Geurts, deputy for Acquisition of the U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Airforce Base, looks at sketches of the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) during the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Tamara Lush)

Iron Man-inspired suit development ignites technological revolution

The Pentagon's goal of a powered exoskeleton resembling Tony Stark's famed body armor remains a pipe dream, but officials say years of research into the concept have returned invaluable technology that will allow America's fighting men and women to push the bounds of physical capabilities in combat.

June 9, 2019
Libyan militia leader Gen. Khalifa Haftar, whom President Trump has publicly supported, has become mired in a months-old push to capture power in Libya. (Associated Press/File)

Top Libyan official blasts Trump’s ‘confusing’ policy

President Trump's April phone call with Libyan militia leader Gen. Khalifa Haftar was a "confusing" move that raised fundamental questions about which side Washington supports in the country's ongoing civil war, a top Libyan official told The Washington Times on Thursday.

June 6, 2019
In this March 20, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) **FILE**

Lawmakers condemn Trump’s emergency arms sales to Saudi Arabia

A bipartisan group of senators Wednesday moved to formally condemn the Trump administration's recent emergency arms sales to Saudi Arabia, arguing that the controversial sales erode trust and cooperation between Congress and the White House.

June 5, 2019
Tourists who have just disembarked from a cruise liner, tour the city aboard a vintage American convertible, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, June 4, 2019. The Trump administration has imposed major new travel restrictions on visits to Cuba by U.S. citizens, banning stops by cruise ships and ending a heavily used form of educational travel as it seeks to further isolate the communist government. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

U.S. cracks down on travel to Cuba

The Trump administration is cracking down harder on travel to Cuba, this time banning group trips by cruise ship, yacht and corporate plane as Washington seeks to starve the communist island of U.S. tourist dollars.

June 4, 2019
In this Oct. 10, 2018, file photo, a traveler pushes his luggage beneath large Chinese flags hanging from the ceiling in Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province. China has on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, issued a travel warning for the U.S., saying Chinese visitors have been interrogated, interviewed and subjected to other forms of what it called harassment by U.S. law enforcement agencies. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

China warns citizens not to travel to U.S.

The Chinese government on Tuesday issued a pair of formal advisories against travel to the U.S., warning that citizens could be subjected to "harassment" or could fall victim to increased gun violence and robberies across America.

June 4, 2019